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Ancient Civilizations Figured Out How To Extinguish Mental Stress
Insanity is not performing repetition, expecting a breakthrough result. That’s perseverance; the road to mastery.
Insanity is Western civilization’s work culture right now. In America, 83% of people report workplace stress overload.
I’ve hardly had a single job that wasn’t toxic in one form or another.
Until I dropped out of society for a solid four years, living the most unconventional lifestyle I could.
- Planting trees while camping out in the wilderness.
- Learning a 2,000 year art form in the Himalayas.
- Learning ancient languages.
- Spending 6 months holed up in a library studying philosophy.
Most significantly, I found enlightened beings, and found out how unpleasant my own mind was in comparison.
Something changed in me during this exile.
The toxicity and insanity of others no longer got on my nerves as before. I’d experienced myself so deeply I knew most of my ‘complaints’ were just bubbles of illusion in the face of reality.
I was the problem. You, too, are the problem.
