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Don’t have intent.

Learn how to have absolutely no intent in everything you do. Don’t live your life trying to do anything. You simply do without effort, and everything will get done.

Intention of any kind, only prevents you from appreciating what is as you instead strive for what isn’t. We are not here to get what we want. We are here to want what we get. Only by ridding yourself of purpose and reason for activity, can you discover purpose and reason within activity.

I’m not saying you cannot plan or have a greater goal worth pursuing. I’m saying that the only way to get there is here and now. Anything more you can add to your current life must only serve as a bonus to what is already perfect and should not be needed in any way. If you cannot find happiness exactly where you are, then you will inevitably intend in all that you do and you will never truly enjoy anything you have. You will only be sad about what you don’t.
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seaglass · F
Reminds me of: "If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." ~ Lao Tzu
Reject · 26-30, M
@seaglass Yes! Lao Tzu who led the philosophy of Taoism. What’s regarded as the bible of the East. A lot of what I believe in has roots in Taoism, but growing up here in the west I have a lot of those philosophies too. I pick what makes sense to me and genuinely benefits my life. 😌
seaglass · F
@Reject I dig it 😌