CMChris Matakas

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Chris Matakas

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01Undated

The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind.

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02Undated

Your job as a young adult is to become as valuable to the marketplace as you can. Your job as a human is to do so without working a day in your life.

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03Undated

Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human.

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04Undated

He plays the same game, but for the first time in his life he is truly playing, rather than working, being a human, and this is a vast distinction realized by few.

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05Undated

The knowledge you acquire in an area of study is accompanied by an incalculable ignorance. The farther we get into anything, we learn that we have even farther to go.

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06Undated

We are the estranged orphans of our nations and tribes, and we now bear the weight not of survival of the group but of personal identity.

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07Undated

It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves.

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08Undated

This constant mental diatribe and the frustrations, worries, insecurities and muscular tension that ensues are the self.

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09Undated

That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.

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10Undated

We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that.

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11Undated

We have an obligation to ourselves to foster the environment that allows for our self-actualization. Rather than my gifts serving me, I must serve them. I want to be a steward of the best aspects of my character and assist them in their fulfillment through proper discipline and habits.

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12Undated

We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll.

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13Undated

I do not begin to think that I could possibly understand its inner-workings and the deepest truths of the cosmos with the 28 years that I have lived in Central New Jersey of the United States of America.

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14Undated

In the modern world we are surrounded by so much abundance that we cannot see it.

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15Undated

You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

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16Undated

The day-to-day grind of adult life brings with it a tedium that weighs heavily on our powers of attention. The same experiences, at the same time and place, day in and day out, breed a familiarity that blunts our senses.

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17Undated

When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.

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18Undated

In the history of history, there has never been someone with your particular genetic make-up or life experiences. This being the case, we have no reference points with which to compare ourselves, and therefore it is futile to attempt to measure yourself relative to others.

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19Undated

Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.

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20Undated

The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.

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21Undated

The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.

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22Undated

Nothing worthwhile ever came from divided attention.

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23Undated

This philosophy teaches us to leave safe harbor for the rough seas of real-world experience, and to accept that a rough copy out in the world serves us far greater than a masterpiece sitting quietly on our shelves.

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24Undated

Life is so unlikely, so rare and beautiful an opportunity it is to live, we must be on constant guard to ensure that our actions are worthy of the life it takes to perform them.

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