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@Dodoster Happy Holidays. This is what I noticed and recommend. Try to understand what is the ego. Then, you could be more in touch with the present moment. I would say half the journey is understanding what is ego. It's a huge chunk.

I find creativity coming out during the hard / hardest times in one's life. For example, if there is a deadline for a major project in school or a major exam (CBSE, SA1 & SA2 ) that you have to study for, close to the deadline is when you experience the most creativity on how to prepare for the project or exam. (Btw, who's getting pressured to go to IIT? ) During a job interview, sometimes the best thing you say comes out during the interview, and you were not expecting it, even though you have been preparing for it. That's why they say to contemplate your own death. What will you do if you only had today to live? How about only this month? Or, this year? Or, it could come out if you have a great mission. Like, if you're doing your life purpose for something great, like a good cause, instead of just doing it for the money. ----------------------------------------------- As for the fictional books and other stuff, if you look carefully, you could see that some of them have spiritual stuff written in (embedded in) the stories. This is a good technique - to hide the right stories from the wrong ppl. Even you could do this. It doesn't matter if it's a book. It could be a piece of artwork, movie, educational board game, etc.

I would like to say something too. Have you been outside India? All places are challenging in completely different ways. You will not find a single place in this world without any challenges. First, you have to know the place well enough to say anything about it. This is not something you get from reading books. Real life experience of travelling is needed for this kind of understanding.

Thanks Leo, as always, but you know that there's a lot more to it than just seeing the absolute. I love including all the other stuff, even though it sounds like phenomenon. The reason for this is because it gives more clues. The Zen devil clip was very informative with new info. Thanks. You said new info in very subtle ways. Great technique.

Well, those friends are not so easy to find. I found two because of my journey through my life purpose. I still have a long way to go - might as well continue. Yes, we could share spirituality info with each other. Those are the deeper, long lasting friendships. However, I do notice that they are busy with work. We have to respect each others time. I do, in some ways, miss them, but to learn how to be detached is choosing the life purpose driven life. We don't meet very often. In fact, one is in a different country, but when we do meet, I do want to bring something to the table and say, "This is what I did." Instead of, "This is what I plan to do."

Great question. To me, the bottom line is everything is equal. In fact, it's more than just that, many have been saying in the forum that "all (everything) is you." Everything is interconnected. What does this mean? Well, it's not something that could be explained easily. It's much easier to find out through actions. If you build a life purpose and incorporate this in some way, it's totally different than if you don't. Another thing is, if you ever had ah-ha moments and tried to explain that to some random stranger, you know the reaction. That means if you want to embody that in your life purpose, you would have to use strategies around that to watch out for your target audience. Truth is a wisdom - usually an out of the ordinary wisdom - that you want to embody in your life in some way. You do want to express it, but understand that you have to be careful when expressing it. You would rather share it fully with the right people.

What about the different languages we speak? That's an inspiration for personal development too. English version