You know, the one realization that clicks in your mind and you go "ooooohhhh".. and things will never be the same for you. (Image by Wallpaper-Gallery.net)
Huge shoutout to @kevinwong for his interview post and @jesta for his amazing idea (and knock everyone off with a "WHY HAVENT I THOUGHT OF IT?")
I've at least read through the interview post 3 times before hitting upvote (dear @kevinwong , please do more of that, we all appreciate it alot). It's just a treasure trove of insights and ideas by a some of Steemit's Allstars (no offense to those not included, you guys are all awesome in my darling heart :P). Soon as i get home from work and unpack my stuff, here i am. LET'S GET THIS GOING!
Im thinking of doing perhaps a sort competition maybe? Whoever's comment gets the most appreciation (by me and by everyone else) gets a prize of 10 SBD from the rewards of this post, I'll also select 2 other comments I think is best for a 5 SBD reward if this really kicks off. "But how would you run a competition for something so subjective?" Great Question, let's just say "best answer" without placing any metrics, I'll decide who win(s). I hope it works lol..
So, The Question is, What's one thing you've realized or was told that changed how you think, forever?
Comment down below your realizations and change the way I think forever too.
Also, lets get this #asksteemit tag going! UPVOTE and RESTEEM this post to qualify for the prize pool!
I'm @awesomianist
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that achieving that dream does not necessarily makes you happy.
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If the dream isn't something meaningful in the first place. Many people struggle in life saying "I dream to get a big car and a big house, AND THEN i will be happy".. Really?
You and me both had this realization somewhere along our lives. And for me, I've been self auditing myself so long to find what matters in my life. It's an ongoing process and I'm afraid it wont be soon before i find an answer.
Dont forget to Resteem this post to qualify for contest!!
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There are a lot of people walking around with that ONE DREAM..one big goal, spending most of their lives aiming for it. Only to realise that reaching the top will not make them happy and content. Although not too late, it was an experience, A LESSON in one's life and STARTING OVER AGAIN. Re-setting priorities.
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You're absolutely right!
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I hope people will see this sooner, but each of us have our own level of maturity. To be understood is even difficult without people experiencing the same thing.
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There are more cells in my body that aren't me, than are me. Am I even me?
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Are trees blue.. What is life..
But it's true. Just looking at the mithochondria in our cells.. They have a completely different set of DNA than our own DNA. Makes us wonder if we are made up of ourselves.
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My biggest is definitely questioning the nature of money, that strange moment when i question about the pieces of paper in my wallet lol.
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@kevinwong something similar happened to me after I read The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, The Ascent of Money and Origins of Wealth. Those three books really changed how I thought about value, how humans store value, and by extension, money. It made me come to an understanding the concept of value for absolutely everything is simultaneously subjective and contextual...and that brought me into the world of magic internet money.
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Along these lines, for me, it was the realization that security and money and so much more, are just like every other good. Which gave rise to, "And other goods get better when not produced under monopoly. So, why do we have monopolies in these areas?" And eventually, "OMG we don't need the monopolies."
Mises U did it for me. I had no idea what to expect there. Walked out a different person.
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After all. "money" is a tool for trade. It was worth something as agreed by everyone because everyone else has something valuable to trade.
It's weird how people get blinded, lost, even killed for a few pieces of "tools of trade"
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When you slowly come to realisation that you are not your thoughts, but somehow you don't really seem to understand it.
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How so?
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you are not your thoughts. :) you are the observer of your thoughts; emphasizing the power of being present and recognizing Self from Ego. Eckhart Tolle writes about this so well I think!
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He does! He has written some great books.
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Money doesn't create happiness!
Live today, not yesterday and not tomorrow!
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Well, but it's better to cry in a Bentley than on bicycle right? hahaha
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Why is money the root of all evil? I've had some opinions of mine and experiences that should have made me realized about it.
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I was at Tracker School in New Jersey learning about tracking and wilderness living. During one of the tracking lectures, Tom Brown, the founder, was talking about 'different ways to see' and 'different ways to hear.'
As a long time student of mysticism and alchemy, I asked him later if he was talking about chakras and the supernatural senses that come from developing them. He looked at me for a second and then said, "Why limit yourself to chakras? The Universe is infinite."
My head exploded, and I've never been the same since.
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What other mystic senses are there?? Woah...
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Life is so short, and death is more certain than life.
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In the timespan of human Civilisation, our lives are a blink. And compared to the age of the Earth, human civilasation is nothing.
Are we really insignificant? or should we be happy to be at the present?
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i was told by my high school physics teacher "Attitude is altitude"
that day i realized that i wasnt going too far in life :D
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Do you mind expounding what you meant by "attitude is altitude" and why you think you "won't go far in life"?
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by attitude he meant our daily routines, attitude towards work and people. That determines how high we climb in the ladder of success in life. Not talent or just hard work but hard work with the right attitude would find you success.
And what I realized was that I wasn't going to find success in academics or even my chosen profession was because i had a "bad" attitude towards people and life in general
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Aww man! Attitude isnt concrete. With determination and a change in mindset, any bad attitude can be thrown and good attitudes learned.
There's something called the Golden Rule, which i'd quote Jesus Of Nazareth that goes:
Thing about the Golden Rule is that it's not just mentioned in the Bible. it's ALL throughout ancient religion and culture. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and the list goes on. Its only safe to say it's massively taught because it works.. maybe start there..
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You have such a positive attitude towards life. Will try to do the same !!
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16000 kids die everyday from hunger. 75% of the planet doesn't have food, water and shelter on a daily basis. I feel like a king.
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The most amazing "revelation" I've ever had was when I was 17 years old, when I got Born Again and realized that God was real. That was the most life changing realization that I ever experienced! You can read about the details on the "About" page of my website if you are interested.
That may be too "spiritual" for many people, so the second most life changing "revelation" I ever had was when I realized that success in life is all about "successful relationships." It is not an event or a milestone of fame, wealth, or influence. It is a "lifestyle of success." And the relationships are not just limited to people (upward, inward, outward, and downward), but "successful relationships" to all things. Basically, these are internal relationships, how we relate to things, time, responsibilities, business, property, etc. Right relationships with God, self, people, and things determine the level of our success, fulfillment, and enjoyment.
"Every problem in life is a 'relationship' problem." When we fix our relationship to self, him, her, or it, we realize success and solve the problem.
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My family and I poses a gene mutation that for the longest time we were worried and unsure of, but then I heard about the work being conducted by Dr. Stephen O'Brien and I began to wonder.
So we went in for further testing and because of our European decent and the fact that it goes back past the time of the Bubonic Plague that our family members may possess what is called the "Double Immunity."
Dr. Stephen O'Brien's work with HIV led to a discovery that could one day help scientists treat or prevent HIV infection: People from some European populations carry a genetic mutation that prevents HIV from entering their white blood cells. O'Brien hypothesizes that this mutation, dating back 700 years, may have been a selective advantage during the bubonic plague, as it is today, with the onslaught of HIV. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."
I haven't had the balls to put it to the test, but our gene mutation exists and the dr. had a lot of correlating info to greatly support the possibility that my mother, brother and I may, in fact, be immune to aids.
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I've read about this before!! Altho I've never come across the person who would have this gene him/herself. You should donate some samples for testing! It's safer than actually going in harms way.
I can only imagine how you feel to know that potentially the cure to man's deadliest disease may be locked in your genes.
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I would be more than willing to give some tissue sample and donate my body to science I will do that, but until big pharma is out of the way the money will always be in the come back not the cure.
I have some really good family friends and their works for one of the main genetics companies in the US and they were working on a cure for some type of cancer which they weren't able to do cause they got their funding cut, but they we able to shrink it enough that it wouldn't be life threatening and he said nothing ever came of it.
It's just like the oil companies in 91 buying up all the stock in the main battery supplier for the EV1 and they shut him down then they purchased all of the electric cars and totaled them. If we weren't past peak oil they would be on the market the way they are now.
As I said though, when I'm dead science can have and if there's a potential that It could be don't honestly then I'd do what I could whilst I live.
Thank you for your comment I apologize for my soliloquy. Thanks and praise. V
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It's scary how some truly great potential advances in this world is snuffed out in the name of greed. I wonder how the big corps exec sleep at night. How much alcohol and sleeping pills they ingest nightly to drown out the voices of their moral guilt?
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I watched a documentary whete they spoke about corporations and they're behavior and it was stated that if corporations were human they would be sociopaths and it's so true.
The CEOs have to be sociopaths themselves thats the only way I can see these guys not killing themselves.
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Great to see #asksteemit take off. :)
For me, at the age of 20 when I came to the realization that God is real, and that He actually loves us so much and wants to have a relationship with us through Jesus, that moment has changed my life. Critical to this realization was becoming convinced about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. A book which i really like is The Case for Christ
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