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18/10/2025

A story:

One day, the Buddha was preaching to his disciples when an angry man came hurrying towards him and started insulting him. The Buddha remained calm while his disciples felt agitated.

The following day, Buddha was again preaching and the same man came again in their midst. The disciples feared the worst, but this time, the man apologized for the previous day's insults.

Here is the interesting twist:

Buddha asked the man, "What would have happened if you had offered me a gift but I had not accepted it?"

To this, the man replied, "Then I would still have the gift," and Buddha told him, "In fact, I did not accept your anger, so I have nothing to forgive you for."

What's the lesson here? "Non-Acceptance of a Gift (Anger)"

This story summarizes of the Buddhist teaching on how to deal with insult or anger:

Treat insult as a "Gift":
The Buddha treats the insult as a gift that the angry man is trying to give him.

What if the Gift is Refused?
Just as an unaccepted gift remains the property of the giver, so the unaccepted verbal "gift" of anger remains with the angry man.

The Power of Non-Engagement:
By remaining calm and refusing to react (not accepting the "gift"), the Buddha deprived the man's anger of the fuel (a reactive response) it needed to persist, thus preventing the anger from affecting the Buddha's own state of mind.

☯️ On this note, the teaching is as follows:

When a person throws a ball (an insult) at you, "be a curtain, not a wall," let it go, let it fall.

The punchline, "I did not accept your anger, so I have nothing to forgive you for," is the crucial takeaway, demonstrating the liberation that comes from non-reaction.

18/10/2025

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), US First Lady between 1933 and '45: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

How can this be true?

Well, imagine an "insult" being hurled at 2 persons, one of whom feels offended, while the other is not. The words are the same; the reaction is not.

It is what happens in our mind (our interpretation, after filtering those words through experience, beliefs, values, etc.) that makes them offensive, or otherwise.

So the words would have "triggered" (not "caused") offense, which is a 'reaction', which happens in our heads! And so, while refusing is not easy to do, Mrs. Roosevelt was right: If you understand that their bad behaviour reflects on the other person, then you refuse them the right to make you feel small.

18/10/2025

Why is "trying to forget" something or someone so difficult to achieve? The harder you try, the stronger the memory becomes.

The reason is very simple:

When you are trying to forget "A", your mind is actually thinking about "A" so in a sense you would be doing the opposite of forgetting; you would be practising how to remember it.

So what's the alternative?

Think of something else. Think of something so compelling that it consumes your attention. Of course, this is a short-term solution, but "shifting your focus" will shift your energy.

08/09/2025

Politics and Religion aren't rational philosophies. No! They're "identity" and confronting such people with "facts" just makes them 'double up' in their "cult"!

The only thing that's going to change their mind is when the cost of [what they believe to be the Truth] becomes heavier than the comfort it brings, when it becomes more painful than accepting the alternative.

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17/07/2025

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13/07/2025

Trauma requires a mental health professional who's specialised in Trauma healing.

05/07/2025

Il-bniedem evolva f'ħolqien li juża moħħu b'mod konxju, biex jirraġuna minkejja l-istinti li jiggvernawlu għemilu, iżda evolva wkoll fi kreatura kreattiva, bniedem li joħloq biex iżewwaq ħajtu w dinjietu, mhux għal xi ħtieġa bażika biex jgħix (bħall-kaċċa) iżda biex isib it-tifsira ta' ħajtu; biex jiffonda l-għarfien ta' ruħu.

Grazzi 🙏 Corazon li qsamt dal-ħsieb li ġej:

05/07/2025

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When you find no solution to a problem, it's probably not a problem to be solved, but a truth to be accepted.

04/07/2025

Setbacks are far more precious as lessons than win can ever be 🥊🫩



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George Foreman: “I was out of boxing for 10 years and the only picture that I saved was Muhammad Ali knocking me down. There I was going down from that punch, I kept that and looked at it all the time, mainly because I realised what a big moment it was for sports and for boxing. And it kept me humbled, I never forgot that, and it’s made me a far better person than if it had been me knocking him down.”

Sometimes the loss shapes you more than the win ever could. George Foreman didn’t frame his victories, he kept the photo of Ali knocking him down, a reminder that failure can teach humility, perspective, and strength in ways triumph never will.

05/06/2025

This is very important. Your BRAIN is lying to you. Your MIND is believing (and creating) a reality.

Remember this always:

"Life that's *happening* around you is being *experienced* in your Mind"

Technical name: Representation.



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