“We seek for sad music, sad stories, sad memories. Why? How does it make sense? Do we value sadness as much as we do happiness? Or do we try to find meaning in everything we experience? Is it just a coping mechanism for brutal realities of our existence?”
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“To defeat the devil you just need to love it truthfully.”
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“Religions are used as self-defense mechanisms for repressed fears and desires, like repressed fear of death and immensely repressed sexuality.”
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“The way to change the ugliness inside of you is to accept it.”
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“Your personality is a shield against unresolved trauma.”
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“Behaviors emerge from values. Want to change a behavior? Change the value that causes it. Want to find the values you hold? Pay attention to your visions of the future that cause you to feel good. How often do you imagine the future? Pay attention to it and, your fears and desires will become apparent, as well as the values.”
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“Afraid of not having lived? Then live.”
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“That beautiful feeling of tipsiness after only the second beer after taking a break from alcohol for a few days...”
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“You will never outrun your fears. The only solution is to stare at them and invite them in. Afraid of dying alone without reaching your potential? Good. Remind yourself that in the time of dread. In the meantime, go look at art, at a tree, ponder.”
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We are nothing but our circumstances.

Where do our thoughts come from?
Think of a movie. What is it? Why did you pick it? Think of a random number. What is it? Why did you pick it? Repeat this a few times. Try to really really observe where it comes from. It seems it just appears from somewhere but "ourselves", doesn't it? We might have justifications why we chose a specific movie or a number, but don't justifications come after the choice?

Aren't we just the result of bunch of "luck"? Genes and circumstances (your parents, society you were born in, people you met, experiences and accidents you went through). And isn't that and only that that shapes our actions and beliefs? And almost none of it was chosen by us. You didn't choose your neural structure, did you? What if it's true? What if we all believed that? Wouldn't we stop judging? Wouldn't that lead to understanding and compassion?

We don't need 10 commandments. We just need laws. Rapists, murderers, pedophiles still, of course, must be locked up. Until we figure out how we can fix those type of brains. And we will. It will all be fixable.

Utopia awaits once we stop judging.
Utopia awaits once we lose the notion of "self".
In her shoes I would do the same.
In his shoes I would do the same.
I am Jesus.
I am Hitler.
I am everyone who has ever lived or ever will.
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