How you think is more important than what you think because how you think is the skill that creates your thoughts, while what you think is an idea that only exists in your imagination.

“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, from Letters to a Young Contrarian (2009)

Lubrication is being able to retain your awareness in between the state of being attached and oriented, and being lost and confused. Understanding emerges from confusion, not from what you know…

Your connection with your true self is alchemical. It is a balanced power of emergence and personal growth. You only find it when you search for it. You get no more of it than you’re willing to accept on its terms…

Lubrication

Hammers and Screwdrivers

Engagement

Your True Self

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