• 10 months ago
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00:00 You are in a party and people start laughing at you.
00:03 You don't even bother to see exactly who is laughing.
00:06 That chorus, that collective laughter is enough to quell your spirit.
00:10 Something big, something collective, something massive is coming at you
00:14 and you lose all your discretion.
00:16 You just surrender.
00:17 Equally, 10 people start complimenting you, praising you
00:20 and you again lose all discretion.
00:22 You forget to check who these 10 people are.
00:24 Then the central problem is not that you seek validation.
00:27 The central problem is that you don't have high company.
00:30 Get in the company of those who matter.
00:32 And if you cannot get them in flesh and blood, get them in books.
00:36 Ask yourself, will Vivekananda validate what I am just thinking
00:41 or what I just said or did?
00:42 Ultimately, you have to come to a point where your internal light
00:48 is so strong that you are in no need of validation.
00:51 But that will take time.
00:52 Stop listening to fools and get in the company of some worthy people,
00:57 living or dead.

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