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Suffering and Acceptance

8 lessons

Life lesson #193

Beginnings always hide themselves in ends.

#193 · Mike Posner

Life lesson #201

Nothing that is real is ever lost.

#201 · Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Life lesson #203

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

#203 · Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Life lesson #213

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. You make yourself into a victim. Leave the situation or accept it.

#213 · Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Life lesson #214

If you take any action, drop the negativity first. Action arising out of insight into what is required is more effective than action arising out of negativity.

#214 · Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Life lesson #215

As long as they are their mind, what they fear and resist most is their own awakening.

#215 · Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Life lesson #238

Living well is the best revenge.

#238 · George Herbert

Life lesson #244

We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.

#244 · Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck