Deep Breaths Extinguish Fear, Affirm Infinite Potential
Breathe deeply, until sweet air extinguishes the burn of fear in your lungs and every breath is a beautiful refusal to become anything less than infinite. – D. Antoinette Foy https://t.co/falpd7xq5V
Find Inner Calm Through Mindful Breathing
There is a quiet space within you. Don’t wait for the outside world to change. Focus on the breath as you slowly fill your whole torso with air, then exhale through pursed lips and let go, from the depths of...
Meditation Fuels Fulfillment, Guides Purpose‑Driven Choices
Meditation alone won’t make you calm or rich… BUT, it will make you feel more fulfilled inside. And as a byproduct of that, you will be more likely to make choices that are aligned with your true purpose… Including who you partner...
Love, Forgive, Stay Young: Keys to a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again… if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Henry Miller on how to grow old and...
Morning Rituals Clash with Harsh Self‑judgment Online
Woke up after 8 hours of glorious sleep, pulled the ear plugs out of my ears, made coffee, then read, prayed, and meditated on my life and the day ahead. Hopped on X to realize I'm a total loser. https://t.co/Cof2qaAPMB
Embrace Your Edge to Discover Life’s Mystery and Faith
I'm in love with this sentence by Sharon Salzberg: “Whatever takes us to our edge, to our outer limits, leads us to the heart of life's mystery, and there we find faith.”
Embrace Solitude and Inner Truth, Says Heaney
"The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true ... to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge." Nobel-winning poet Seamus Heaney's magnificent advice on life https://t.co/m8jbpCDNcV
Receive Grace by Letting Go of Self
The best way to be receptive to Grace is to become less of yourself. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/0U9xOAfFi2
Future Love Qualia: Unpredictable Emergent Evolution
I'm curious what the equivalent of the qualia of love will be in ~100 years (surprising, emergent property) - it feels (to me) like something I could never have predicted if I were 'guessing how single cell life would unfold'.
Turn Bad Luck Into Strength with Stoic Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius on the good luck of your bad luck – the Stoic strategy for weathering life's waves and turning suffering into strength https://t.co/D4wpwb2IN4
Live Fully Now: Simple Joys Before Time Ends
-Get sunlight -Read books -Lift weights -Walk -Slow down -Drink water -Be in community -Pray and read your Bible -Sleep more stress less -Take in the sunset and sunrise -Cook healthy meals -Unplug and disconnect I truly don't think people understand how short our time on earth is until...
Remember Your Growth: Trust Instincts, Keep Pushing
Think about your past, then think about who you've become. You did that. You saw how you wanted your life to change, trusted your instincts, and put in the work to make it happen. Remember that the next time you...
Stop Discussing Virtue, Start Living It
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, X.16: “To stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.” https://t.co/3jfKJnENcp
Living Is Rare; Most People Merely Exist
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde https://t.co/caQtIwYE1U
Prioritize Eulogy Virtues Over Résumé Skills for True Fulfillment
“It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at...
Magic vs Psychology Reflects Ego, Not Primary Consciousness
Magic vs psychology is a modern parse. It is of ego consciousness, not primary consciousness. https://t.co/5GQcFWxsFm
Absolute Certainty Freezes Your Intelligence
Those who are absolutely sure of everything have put their Intelligence in cold storage. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/wHlcGToV7n
Five Minutes Daily Meditation Boosts Well‑Being
The remarkable benefits of 5 min per day of meditation. Which is simply, sitting quietly and observing your own thoughts, stress, etc. not clearing the mind etc. As explained by @RichieJDavidson on the Huberman Lab podcast out now. https://t.co/c9kiY8lycp
Guard Your Thoughts Like Health, Shape Your Character
Great message from Marcus Aurelius reminding us to guard our thoughts. If our thoughts are filled with resentment, fear, envy or bitterness, those impressions slowly shape our character. They become our emotional baseline. Over time they define how we see the...
Meditation Clears Mind, Simplifies Life
A favorite quote: “I meditate so that my mind cannot complicate my life” – Sri Chinmoy https://t.co/3Ga0B957bt
We’re Both Universe’s Center and Cosmic Dust
It is a great paradox that individually we are simultaneously everything and nothing. Through our own eyes, we are everything--e.g., when we die, the whole world disappears. So to most people (and to other species) dying is the worst thing...
Modern Individualism: From Ancient Silence to Self‑Reflection
Andreessen: 400 years ago it never would have occurred to anybody to be introspective.... The great men of history didn't sit around doing any of this stuff.... Western civilization had to kind of invent the concept of the individual" Marcus Aurelius:...
Unhappiness: Self‑Indulgence That Rejects Outside Perspective
“The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.” — Tom Robbins
From Self‑Consciousness to Open, Receptive Presence
Go from being self conscious to a conscious self. Shift from a feeling of constriction to one of openness. Become receptive to whatever the moment brings. #mindfulness https://t.co/fnBUl2zRpK
Finding Meaning: A Conversation with Thought Leaders
On Friday, March 27, I’ll be joined by some wonderful friends for a conversation about one of the most important questions any of us can ask: What makes life meaningful? I’m grateful to have Chris Williamson, Simon Sinek, Rainn Wilson, Chip...
True Courage: Live Authentically, Not Chase Material Comforts
The number 1 regret of the dying: "I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." What they did NOT regret (or even mention): - NOT driving a fancy new car - NOT...
Know Yourself First, Then Seek Understanding
“It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.” — Simone Weil
Science-Backed Meditation Tools Boost Brain Health
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: Science-Based Meditation Tools to Improve Your Brain & Health | Dr. Richard Davidson 0:00 Richard "Richie" Davidson 3:33 States of Mind vs Traits 9:06 Wakeful Brain Activity vs Deep Sleep 11:55 Sponsors: David & Eight Sleep 14:31 Brain...
Let Go to Make Space for Your Dreams
A Monday morning question for you: What do I need to let go of this year to create space for what I really want?
Guard Your Peace: Choose Wisely Who Enters Your Mind
Protecting your peace isn’t avoidance; it’s wisdom. Not everything deserves access to your mind. 🧠✨
Daily Courage and Gratitude Turn Tough Seasons Into Growth
Each day gives you a chance to show up with courage, do something meaningful, and push through when it’s hard. A little gratitude and a willingness to grow can turn even the toughest seasons into something that shapes you for the...
Live with Minimal Wants, Become Untouchable
No attachments or aversions When you’re able to go through life with very little needs, desires and or fears, life cannot touch you.
Finding and Carrying Your Inner Light
I Touched the Sun – a tender illustrated fable about how to find and bear your inner light https://t.co/I6uFCzCfZO
Science Advances, yet Humanity Loses Its Natural Symbolism
This paragraph by Carl Jung, written in 1964, still hits hard: As scientific understanding has grown, so our world has become dehumanized. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos, because he is no longer involved in nature and has lost his emotional...
Prayer Walks Transform Heart, Mind, and Life
Prayer walks and time with Jesus will transform your heart, mind and life. Psalm 146:8: "The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down". Let go and Let God. 🙏🙏
Grieving a Living Parent Reveals the Loss of an Imagined Ideal.
Grieving the death of a parent who's still alive is realizing the person you needed never really existed.
Divine Replacement Reframes Pain, Revealing God's Love
God’s replacement always arrives so beautifully that it puts the pain into perspective. That’s how you know how much He loves you.
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True Change Comes From Jesus, Not Legislation
Pastor Hal’s message today centered on meeting Jesus. His point was we are living in a broken world. Things are not good right now. But changing laws and changing rules will not make things better. Things will only improve when...
Embrace Your Unique God‑Given Design, Not Others' Lives
Stop trying to be someone else. God made you ACCORDING TO YOUR KIND. Your calling is unique. Your design is unique. Your assignment is unique. Are you trying to live someone else's life, or are you walking in YOUR unique design? The Life Audit 👇 shows...
Rediscover Human-Heartedness Through Watts' Take on Jen
How to recover your "human-heartedness" – Alan Watts on the Confucian concept of Jen https://t.co/s7Nq7fT7uD
Edward Abbey’s Bold Guide to Living and Dying
Edward Abbey died on this day in 1989, leaving us his daring directive for how to live and how to die https://t.co/VghiOJ7Ykw
Purpose Through Responsibility Enables Enduring Resilience
“A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears … to an unfinished work will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the why for his existence and will be able to bear almost any how.”...
Beauty Reveals an Ineffable Reality Beyond Words
Plato believed that beauty reflected an ultimate reality, which he called the World of Forms, a nonphysical dominion where true meaning resides. This experience cannot be described in clear terms. This unspoken knowledge falls into the mystical realm about which...
Choose Intuition Over Fear to Unlock Potential
Are you optimizing for Intuition or Fear? Not sure? Which inner voice are you following right now? The one nudging you toward your potential? Or the one warning you to play it safe? Drop a ❤️ if you’re allowing your intuition to guide you
Surrender to Christ, Live Holy, Prepare for His Return
If this were my last tweet, I’d say this with everything in me: Surrender your life to Jesus Christ today. Read your Bible daily. Talk to God in prayer. Stay close to Jesus. Gather in community with other believers. Share your testimony and witness...
Excluding Yourself in Mind Isolates You From Life
The more exclusive you make yourself in thought and emotion, the more excluded from Life you become. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/aw5lUQ3gNN
Repeated Annihilation Reveals Our Indestructible Core
"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us." A Zen classic on transformation through those times when things fall apart: https://t.co/sUB3Q3tn1v
Perspective Shapes Fate: The Farmer’s Lost Horse Lesson
The parable of “The Farmer and the Lost Horse” is well-known to those familiar with Taoism. It’s certainly a valuable reminder of the importance of our perspectives—of life, work, career, etc.—and it’s vividly recounted by @philosophyminis on Facebook: https://t.co/X8zXHYnhbw
A Decade Later, I Finally Grasped My Youthful Quest
I was 18 years old walking down a South Carolina highway with a joint behind my ear and a bag of Franzia in my backpack. I was following a guy I barely knew to camp out on an island with...