A piece of wisdom from
December 7, 2022 · Wednesday
The quote
“No matter how full the river is, it still wants to grow.”
— Congolese proverb · Ubuntu
The concept
Fear
Almost every adult is constrained by two or three fears they have never written down. This page is the writing-down.
Fear is not the enemy. Unexamined fear is. Most adult decisions are not driven by what people want, they are driven by what people are afraid of, often without knowing it. This page is built around one principle: every module returns a spec…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Fear. Almost every adult is constrained by two or three fears they have never written down. This page is the writing-down.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 12.15
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः। हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः॥
“He from whom the world does not shrink, who does not shrink from the world, who is free from joy and envy, fear and agitation — such a person is dear to me.”
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