The Most Important Advice I Can Give To Anyone (Including Me) Is : Know Yourself
Know yourself in your infinite complexity and ultimate simplicity.
Doing so you will find satisfaction because no one knows your true potential as truly as you do, and when you truly know yourself, you will know: that your potential is unlimited.
The Surface Layer Of Thought
In our current society we are not given the time to dig deep into our thoughts, we are only permitted to engage in the surface layer of our thoughts. We are forever operating along the periphery, never encouraged to engage the core of what is human nature.
Take Stock Of Your Life
Regularly, take time for yourself to recall and reminisce and evaluate your life.
Review the experiences you have had, the memories you have made, come to understand the person you are by reflecting upon the experiences that have made you who you are.
Just as business owners “take inventory” of their wares, you too can take inventory of the memories and experiences which make you who you are.
This is very important to do, so that you know what your past has done to make you who you are.
Otherwise, you are operating, without knowing who you are, how your experiences have made you who you are, you are being controlled by forces you don't understand and, this is simply not a healthy state to be in.
Integrate Yourself With Your Past
“A Person Is, The Sum Of Their Experiences, And,
The Feelings Of Their Present.”
Commune with yourself. Remember who you are. It is easy to lose oneself.
There are many voices influencing your life. The voices and influences of others are like a wind which scatter the leaves of your mind every which way.
Take quiet time for yourself to go about collecting all your leaves and reconnecting with them.
Not Tapping Potential
If you feel that you are not living up to your potential, don't feel bad.
Our society is not one dedicated to fulfilling potential.
I would say that nearly everyone in our society is not even beginning to tap their potential.
Being aware of this releases some of the frustration that naturally derives from knowing one's life is not being lived even remotely to its fullest.
Live your life, but, know, that if you are frustrated by a lack of fulfillment, you are perfectly normal for society as it currently is.
My advice : If you feel this way, it's time to ask yourself and everyone else to create a society 100% dedicated to tapping everyone's potential.
Dreams Are The Blueprints Of Possibilities
Entertain your fantasies, because, are they fantasies, or, are they in fact, possibilities.
New Experiences : New Things
When you have New Experiences, you learn New Things.
When you learn New Things, you gain New Perspective.
When you gain New Perspective, you grow.
A Baby : New Experiences
Curiosity is intrinsic to babies.
When a baby hears a new sound, they turn their head.
It is natural to human beings to be drawn to new things and new experiences.
As natural as a baby turning their head when they hear a new sound.
The Human Garden : New Experiences
Human beings are like a garden.
Experiences are like plants and flowers.
A garden is made beautiful by containing within it, a wide variety of different plants and animals.
New Experiences : The Body
Just as the Human Body requires the physical elements of corporeal existence : New Food, New Water, New Sleep and New Air to sustain itself, the Human Mind and the Human Heart require the magic of New Experiences to sustain them. Deficiencies in any part, results in the death of a person, either immediately, or slowly by degrees.
The Human Need To Make Connections : New Experiences
There are physical connections,
and there are the connections made in the mind and the heart.
Streets. Paths. Roads.
These are physical connections.
Neural Pathways. Emotional Bonds.
These are mental and emotional connections.
The physical connections mirror the existence of the emotional connections.
The more connections you make the more quickly and more efficiently can you travel through life.
The more things you can see.
The more varying aspects of life can you experience.
The Senses : New Experiences
When the senses are stimulated in a new fashion, the brain grows in complexity and new neural pathways are formed.
I believe that scientific experimentation will demonstrate that it is absolutely vital for human beings to be exposed to new environments for their minds to grow in complexity and ability, tying in directly with a capacity to relay information through the mind more quickly and with greater efficiency.
The Well of New Experiences
New experiences are water added to the well of your selfhood.
The more experiences you have, the more water you have to draw from your well.
New Words : New Experiences
New experiences are like learning new words.
They open up your mind to previously unconsidered possibilities.
New experiences are like new ideas and new information.
They add to you, open you up to new ways of thinking and being that you had before not considered.
New experiences are something which sink into your bones.
They integrate themselves into you and become a part of you.
New experiences, like new words, expand your mind and awaken it to heretofore unimagined ideas.
Knowing Where Services Are : New Experiences
New Experiences add to the resources you can call upon.
When you move to a new place, you immediately locate the grocery store, the bank, the shopping mall, the cinema, restaurants, recreation centers, libraries, etc.
You have learned more.
You have grown.
You have more knowledge to call upon and to draw strength from.
You know where things are.
New experiences.
New knowledge.
New understanding.
By being able to call upon these facilities, you are better able to care for yourself and others.
New Experiences : "Is Anyone Here A Doctor?"
The more experiences you have, the more helpful you can be when your fellow human beings find themselves in need of assistance.
Sometimes, More Is Less,
And, Less Is More
At the moment our species has the erroneous belief that uninhibited, exponential growth is progress. It is not so. The Universe works on the principle of recycling. Unlimited growth is unsustainable.
“Growing, is learning to do more, using less “
In today's society, we purposefully bombard ourselves with stimulus so we are not aware of just how truly sad and disconnected we genuinely feel.
Consider, disengaging, and, taking time, all the time you need, to focus on just one thing : knowing you.
Conclusion
I offer you my best advice gladly, but, truthfully, I really have no idea what I'm doing.
This stuff is just the best advice I can give at this stage of my life.
I encourage you to ultimately advise yourself and find your own path. I do.
Take what you find useful and what you do not, simply disregard.
Every grain of sand offers a different perspective on life.
The way to live life is to appreciate every grain, learn from every grain, but, ultimately, to be your own unique grain.
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