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Pain Is A Relatively Objective, Physical Phenomenon; Suffering Is Our Psychological Resistance To What Happens. Events May Create Physical Pain, But They Do Not In Themselves Create Suffering. Resistance Creates Suffering. Stress Happens When Your Mind Resists What Is... The Only Problem In Your Life Is Your Mind's Resistance To Life As It Unfolds.

My Parents Were Only One Part Of My Lineage. I Also Met A Number Of Mentors, One Of Whom I Nicknamed "socrates" After The Ancient Greek, And Wrote About In My First Book, Way Of The Peaceful Warrior. That Book Emerged In 1980, As A Result Of Travels Around The World And Decades Of Preparation, Eventually Leading To 15 Other Books Written Over The Years, Culminating In My Newest Offering, The Four Purposes Of Life.

Life Is Not A Private Affair. A Story And Its Lessons Are Only Made Useful If Shared.

A Jet Plane Cannot Mow The Lawn, But It Can Fly To Distant Destinations. Don't Worry So Much About What You Can't Do; Just Do What You Can As Only You Can Do It.

All These Years I Had Been Sustained By An Illusion-happiness Through Victory- And Now That Illusion Was Burned To Ashes. I Was No More Happier, No More Fullfilled, For All My Achievements. Finally I Saw Through The Clouds I Saw That I Had Never Learned How To Enjoy Life, Only How To Achieve. All My Life I Had Been Busy Seeking Happiness, But Never Finding It Or Sustaining It.