Category: mind
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A focal point of admiration. Dalliance A brief…
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Neurasthenia
Neurasthenia is a psycho-pathological term first used by George Miller Beard in 1869 to denote a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia and depressed mood. Symptoms: The condition was explained as being a result of exhaustion of the central nervous system’s energy reserves, which Beard attributed to modern civilization. Wikipedia: Neurasthenia See also:…
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Feeling is Important: Apathy and Fear
Why do we envy children? Why do we envy innocence? Children are unjaded; every new moment is wonderful. You’ve heard this before, but what have you done about it? Are you afraid of new? Are you discouraged by the doubts of others? Are you uncomfortable with the strange? Honestly, are you ever really unrestricted, free…
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Financial Freedom: Emotional Intelligence Can Be Controlled
The following notes are from Robert Kiyosaki‘s Cashflow Quadrant on page 153: 1.) FINANCIAL FREEDOM — Not security! 2.) MANAGE RISK — Don’t avoid risk! 3.) PLAY IT SMART — Not safe! 4.) HOW CAN I AFFORD IT — Not I can’t! 5.) WHAT IS IT WORTH, LONG TERM — Not it’s too expensive! 6.)…
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Becoming Superhuman by Brett & Kate McKay
Becoming Superhuman in 2011 | The Art of Manliness As we advance in the spiritual life and in the practice of systematic self-examination we are often surprised by the discovery of vast unknown tracts of the inner life of the soul. They seem like great plains stretching out in mystery and wrapt in mists that…