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People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave. A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love (via dissapolnted)

Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burnt

Buddha (via miami-klass)

#You don’t have a soul, You are a #soul You have a #body #Buddha #buddhist #wisdom

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Being heroic is a phenomenon that surpasses collectivity, it has to do with personal overcoming of boundaries or obstacles, as well as the process of individuation. Self knowledge and the heroic element go hand in hand as it seems. Each trial or new feat demands a further expansion of the self. And who is more representative of this prototype than Hercules? Hercules is complex, multidimensional, his grandeur is shown early on but his ego doesn’t trap him, he doesn’t become self-conceited; he endures new tests and challenges no matter what, he accepts aids, he doesn’t stay fixed in what he already knows about himself, he evolves. Giant stone “Hand of Hercules” (part of a missing statue?), Amman, Jordan. What is less known about Hercules is that before he becomes a hero inside the Greek mythical lore he was known as a spirit who belonged to the family of the enigmatic demons called Dactyls (that means fingers).