In an era where coaches of all kinds abound on the web, one would wonder if it isn’t easier today to have a disciplined and organized life so that we achieve great results. This motivation at the click of a button is only the opposite of a globally demotivated society that gives in to all sorts of temptations, starting with…
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We may face malicious people on a daily basis who sap our energy. They can upset and annoy us in such a way that our thoughts are soon overwhelmed by negativity. This focus on people who do us harm is harmful. It prevents us from looking at the light, the light that can truly refresh us and make us feel…
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Living is a harmless act in times of peace. It is not the result of any struggle except that of the body’s biology. Our predecessors were not so lucky as to experience a relatively peaceful world. We are the heirs of it, although often ungrateful or at least unaware of this chance. We do not realize how war is a…
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From the Sanskrit गुरू, gurū, meaning “teacher”, “professor”, or literally, “one who dispels darkness”. The term has subsequently taken on a negative connotation and can be de facto associated with the idea of charlatanism or impostor. However, a guru was originally only a guide on the spiritual path. Today, it has a wider meaning as it applies to all fields…
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Some representatives of the world of personal development put forward the idea of getting rid of all identity. The reason given is that identity is a hindrance in the quest for truth. The representation we have of ourselves acts as a filter that does not allow the truth to come through. This idea is far from being new, it finds…
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Defending a cause to the point of risking one’s life requires cultivating a certain amount of non-conformism as well as cultivating an ideal. When one enjoys a high level of material comfort and has never really been confronted with deprivation, it is difficult to drop everything to throw oneself wholeheartedly into a fight. We all adhere to a certain level…
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We all realize that life as a couple is not always a panacea. In the past, marriages were strong because they were primarily intended to ensure the security of the spouses and their respective families (parents, etc.). In addition, they provided a place in society that was primarily shaped by family values. The inability to find a spouse and start…
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Successful empires are those that know how to assimilate the best of the civilizations they subjugate The Romans constituted a civilization of ingenious military men or engineers and soldiers who absorbed the knowledge gleaned here and there as they conquered. They knew how to integrate urbanism, social organization, Etruscan furnaristic rites (and so many other things, in French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apports_des_%C3%89trusques_aux_Romains), the…
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The importance of prioritization When a resource is available in large quantities, we can develop the tendency to look at it with contempt or indifference. Because of this abundance, we can develop a certain profligacy that leads us to lack discernment between what is important and what is not. There are many resources that we can enjoy: time, money, energy,…
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Do not do to others what you would not like to be done to yourself. This is the cardinal principle of the ideology of benevolence. This sentence is powerful insofar as we recognize in the other a possible self. The problem arises from the non-recognition of the self in the other. Thus, if we admit that the other is fundamentally…
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