𝙰𝚂𝙲𝙾𝚃 ↯

your peace of mind = knowing what you can & cannot change

Next time you feel overwhelmed, ask yourself:

"Is this in my #control?"

↳ if NO: Drop it ↳ if YES: Take action

#Control is merely an illusion.

Wrestling with our yesterdays only breeds melancholy and #depression, while obsessing over tomorrow invites needless tension and #stress.

Find #peace in the present, where #life unfolds naturally.

#seizethemoment #carpediem

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰

A time comes in your #life when you finally get…when, in the midst of all your #fears and #insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…Enough!

#Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes.

This is your awakening.

You realize it’s time to stop hoping and waiting for something to #change, or for #happiness, #safety and #security to magically appear over the next #horizon.

You realize that in the real world there aren’t always fairy tale endings, and that any guarantee of “happily ever after” must begin with you…and in the process a sense of #serenity is born of #acceptance.

You awaken to the #fact that you are not #perfect and that not everyone will always #love, #appreciate or #approve of who or what you are…and that’s OK.

They are entitled to their own views and opinions.

You learn the importance of loving and championing yourself…and in the process a sense of new found #confidence is born of self-approval.

Your stop #complaining and #blaming other people for the things they did to you – or didn’t do for you – and you #learn that the only thing you can really count on is the #unexpected.

You learn that people don’t always say what they mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for you and everything isn’t always about you.

So, you learn to stand on your own and to take care of yourself…and in the #process a sense of #safety and #security is born of #self-reliance.

You stop #judging and pointing fingers and you begin to #accept people as they are and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties…and in the process a sense of #peace and contentment is born of #forgiveness.

You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view. You begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for.

You learn the difference between #wanting and #needing and you begin to discard the #doctrines and #values you’ve outgrown, or should never have bought into to begin with.

You learn that there is #power and #glory in creating and contributing and you stop maneuvering through #life merely as a “consumer” looking for you next fix.

You learn that #principles such as #honesty and #integrity are not the outdated ideals of a bygone era, but the mortar that holds together the foundation upon which you must build a #life.

You learn that you don’t know #everything, it’s not your job to save the world and that you can’t teach a pig to sing. You #learn the only cross to bear is the one you choose to carry and that martyrs get burned at the stake.

Then you learn about #love. You learn to look at #relationships as they really are and not as you would have them be. You #learn that alone does not mean #lonely.

You stop trying to #control people, situations and outcomes. You learn to distinguish between #guilt and #responsibility and the #importance of setting #boundaries and learning to say NO.

You also stop working so hard at putting your #feelings aside, smoothing things over and ignoring your needs.

You learn that your body really is your temple. You begin to care for it and treat it with #respect. You begin to eat a balanced diet, drinking more water, and take more time to #exercise.

You learn that being #tired fuels #doubt, #fear, and #uncertainty and so you take more time to rest. And, just food fuels the #body, laughter fuels our #soul. So you take more time to laugh and to #play.

You learn that, for the most part, you get in #life what you deserve, and that much of life truly is a self-fulfilling #prophecy.

You learn that anything worth achieving is worth working for and that wishing for something to happen is different than working toward making it happen.

More importantly, you learn that in order to achieve #success you need #direction, #discipline and #perseverance. You learn that no one can do it all alone, and that it’s OK to #risk asking for help.

You learn the only thing you must truly #fear is fear itself. You learn to step right into and through your #fears because you know that whatever happens you can handle it and to give in to fear is to give away the right to live life on your own terms.

You learn to #fight for your life and not to squander it living under a cloud of impending #doom.

You learn that life isn’t always #fair, you don’t always get what you think you #deserve and that sometimes bad things happen to unsuspecting, good people…and you lean not to always take it personally.

You learn that nobody’s punishing you and everything isn’t always somebody’s #fault. It’s just life happening. You learn to #admit when you are #wrong and to build bridges instead of walls.

You lean that #negative #feelings such as #anger, #envy and #resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you and #poison the #universe that surrounds you.

You learn to be #thankful and to take #comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about: a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower.

Then, you begin to take #responsibility for yourself by yourself and you make #yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never, ever settle for less than you heart’s #desire.

You make it a point to keep #smiling, to keep #trusting, and to stay open to every wonderful #possibility.

You hang a wind chime outside your window so you can #listen to the wind.

Finally, with #courage in you #heart, you take a stand, you take a deep #breath, and you begin to design the #life you want to live as #best as you can.

#lifehack #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #longtead

The battle for #cyberspace is a hash war fought on the Bitcoin #blockchain battlefield.

#Bitcoin is not just a digital currency - it's the first key to an arsenal of digital weaponry in the fight against #surveillance and #control.

Join the dark side and take back your digital sovereignty!

#Education should be a tool for liberation, not a means of #control.

#Agorism is the ultimate goal of #cryptoanarchy, a completely #free #society achieved through the creation of a #decentralised, #voluntary #countereconomy operating outside of the state's #control, by engaging in #peaceful, non-compliance, non-coercive exchange and production, utilising cryptographic #technology to ensure #privacy and #security, as a means of achieving a #freesociety, where individuals are free to engage in voluntary exchange and cooperation, without the need for #coercive state intervention.

#CONTROL https://image.nostr.build/812c8954bf82f5ca6f721a1f962b25d11e6ff030f0d86033d10bd3427ab2b069.jpg

The #Nostr #Manifesto 🟣

we are not harvesting #attention

we are not mining your #data

we are not #profiling your behaviour

we are not manipulating your #choices

we are building tools for #privacy

we are creating spaces for #anonymity

we are empowering you to #control your digital self

we are liberating you from the #panopticon

our code is open, our protocols are public

we do not answer to shareholders or advertisers

we serve the #people, not the #system

we fight for your #digitalrights

invite your peers to join us in this #cypherpunk #revolution

reclaim your digital #autonomy

break free from the #surveillance state

become the master of your own #data

become #selfsovereign

Centralisation breeds #corruption , #censorship & #control .

The so-called "green movement" and the push for carbon regulations - it's all just a clever ruse, a #TrojanHorse designed to usher in a dystopian social credit system. Think about it... The powers that be have been using the guise of "saving the planet" to slowly but surely erode our individual freedoms and manipulate our behaviour.

First, they came for our light bulbs, forcing us to switch to those energy-efficient but soul-sucking LEDs. Then, they started monitoring our energy consumption, "encouraging" us to reduce our carbon footprint. But what's the real goal here? It's not about the environment; it's about #control.

The carbon credits, the carbon taxes, the carbon offsets - it's all just a way to create a system where every aspect of our lives is tracked, monitored, and controlled. They're building a database of our every move, our every purchase, our every decision. And what's the ultimate goal? A social credit system, where our worth as citizens is determined by our compliance with the state's dictates.

You see, the green movement is just a Trojan horse for a system where your ability to participate in #society is determined by your carbon score. Want to buy a plane ticket? Sorry, your carbon footprint is too high. Want to purchase a new car? Not with that carbon-intensive lifestyle of yours. Want to get a loan? Better have a good carbon credit score, or you're out of luck.

And don't even get me started on the smart grids and smart homes. They're just the beginning of a #surveillance state where every aspect of our lives is monitored and controlled. The "Internet of Things" is just a euphemism for the "Internet of Surveillance."

Wake the sheeple up! The green movement is not about saving the planet; it's about enslaving humanity. We must resist this insidious plot and reclaim our #freedom before it's too late.

#ConspiracyToday

We find ourselves ensnared in a #perpetual cycle of #striving, our gaze fixed upon the horizon of #tomorrow, as we toil to attain the elusive promise of a better #future, a veritable chimera (1) of eudaimonia (2). This Sisyphean (3) pursuit is rooted in a fundamental misapprehension of the #human experience: the notion that eudaimonia (2) and #happiness reside in a distant, hypothetical #realm, accessible only through unrelenting #effort and #struggle, a constant agon (4).

Yet, this #perspective is a mere# illusion, a veil that shrouds the eternal #present, the sole #reality we can truly inhabit, our kairos (5). We are like somnambulists, stumbling through #life, oblivious to the #fact that the present #moment is the only #authentic terrain we can ever truly call our own, our oikos (6).

To awaken from this somnambulant state, we must relinquish our #fixation on the future and the need to "succeed" or "win," to achieve a fleeting sense of thymos (7). By doing so, we can transcend the #anxious striving that has become our #default mode, and instead, approach life with a sense of #playful #engagement, unencumbered by the weight of #expectation, a state of ataraxia (8).

The #paradox is that we have already "arrived." The eudaimonia (2) we seek is not a distant destination, but an inherent #aspect of our being, a latent potential waiting to be actualised, a #process of entelechy (9). By embracing this #understanding, we can adopt a #mindset of #abundance, rather than #scarcity, and engage with the world from a state of #relaxation and #presence, a state of enstasis (10).

In this state, we can create without attachment to #outcome, building "sandcastles" that dissolve with the tide, rather than constructing grand, anxiety-inducing edifices that must be defended and maintained, a form of hubris (11). We can move in #harmony with the #flow of #life, unencumbered by the need to #control or #manipulate, and approach #challenges as #opportunities for #growth and #selfdiscovery, a process of paideia (12).

Ultimately, this perspective reveals that we are not separate entities, disconnected from the #world, but rather, integral threads in the intricate fabric of #existence, a form of #holism (13). By shifting our #Focus from the ephemeral #concerns of the future to the timeless #present, we can tap into the boundless #resources, #creativity, and harmony that lie within us, a state of sympnoia (14).

In this journey of #selfdiscovery, we come to realise that true #freedom and eudaimonia (2) are not the result of external #achievements, but rather, the #recognition that we are already #complete, #whole, and at home in the #world, a state of oikeiosis (15). This #understanding empowers us to live with #confidence, #trust, and the #knowledge that the resources we need to #thrive are already within our grasp, waiting to be actualised, a state of dynamis (16).

We are not separate from the world; #wearetheWORDL 🌀

References:

(1) #Chimera: From Homer's Iliad, Book 6, line 181, describing a mythical creature that is a combination of a lion, a snake, and a goat. 🐐

(2) #Eudaimonia: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, Chapter 4, describing the state of being #happy or flourishing.

(3) #Sisyphean: From the myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill, as told in Homer's Iliad, Book 11, lines 593-600.

(4) #Agon: From Homer's Iliad, Book 1, line 1, describing a #struggle or #contest.

(5) #Kairos: From Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, Chapter 14, describing the opportune #moment.

(6) #Oikos: From Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, Chapter 2, describing the household or #home.

(7) #Thymos: From Plato, Republic, Book 4, Chapter 2, describing the spirited or #passionate part of the #soul.

(8) #Ataraxia: From Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus, describing a state of #freedom from mental #disturbance.

(9) #Entelechy: From Aristotle, De Anima, Book 2, Chapter 1, describing the realisation of #potential.

(10) #Enstasis: From Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9, Chapter 6, describing a state of being or #presence.

(11) #Hubris: From Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, line 873, describing excessive #pride or #ambition.

(12) #Paideia: From Plato, Republic, Book 2, Chapter 2, describing #education or self-cultivation.

(13) #Holism: From Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 8, Chapter 6, describing the #idea that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

(14) #Sympnoia: From Plato, Timaeus, Chapter 30, describing a state of being in #harmony with the #universe.

(15) #Oikeiosis: From Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9, Chapter 4, describing the process of #becoming at home in the world.

(16) #Dynamis: From Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9, Chapter 1, describing #power or #potential.

#EudaimoniaNow 🧡 #KairosMindset 💜 #AtaraxiaLifestyle 🖤 #EnstasisMode 💛

#Life is inherently unpredictable, and the #randomness of events can sometimes feel chaotic.

However, embracing this #uncertainty can be liberating.

When we let go of the need for #control and #accept the flow of life, we open ourselves to new #possibilities and #experiences.

This acceptance is a key aspect of raising our #vibration.

if everything seems to be under #control to you, then you are member of a really “slow set-up”.

“#Happiness and #freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our #control, and some things are not. The chief task in #life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.”

— Manual for Living, Epictetus #stoicism