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How to Build a Happy Life: Be Self-Aware

How to Know What’s Real

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Meditation - How Does It Change Your Life?

meditation is derived from buddhism, stripped of any metaphysical claims or religious lingo. The goal of meditation is not to stop all thoughts, but just to change your relationship these thoughts. When off the cushion in regular life you're ambushed by anger or fear or sadness, you're less likely to be owned by it. It's te skill you don't do the first time you said to meditate. Overtime, you will get better. And the periods of time where yuare able to stay focused on your breath will extend your ability to catch distraction before you've gone off. In ten minutes of fantasizing about a homicide or an expletive filled speech you cain

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