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Why Do We Fear Being Ordinary? [Carl Richards]

The Examined Life

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The Path of the Thing

I love how you use the word thing because it's a little disarming. It doesn't remind me of Dharma, right? And I've been rereading the Bhagavagita or it's like your duty to is your duty right now. Well, that I mean something like this, there is no path. So does that imply that everyone should be seeking their thing?It's like my favorite question because I don't know where the boundary conditions are. But at the same time, follow your passion can be very dangerous advice.

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