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Chris Matakas

"Nothing worthwhile ever came from divided attention."

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Chris Matakas
"The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of."

Mindfulness

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Chris Matakas
"Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli."

Society

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Chris Matakas
"The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others' lives."

Life

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Chris Matakas
"For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves."

Self-Growth

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Chris Matakas
"I do not begin to think that I could possibly understand its inner-workings and the deepest truths of the cosmos with the 28 years that I have lived in Central New Jersey of the United States of America."

Knowledge

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Chris Matakas
"Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought."

Wisdom

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Chris Matakas
"To know our values is to have a foundation on which to build a great life. Our environment and education will play a large part in influencing our formulation of this world view, but is ultimately ourselves that have the final say. We must decide what we value, and then live accordingly. After all, in the eyes of the world we could achieve great success, but if our actions do not coincide with what we ourselves truly deem worthy, we will find no peace."

Philosophy

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Chris Matakas
"Thoreau and Huxley calmly state what I have spent years trying to articulate, and never found the words for doing so. To read the words of these great men is to read the highest expression of my very self which is inexpressible due to the shortcomings of my particular nature."

Creativity

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Chris Matakas
"Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create."

Community

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Chris Matakas
"Imagine a true master of the art, someone with complete skill in every aspect of Jiu Jitsu. This master would not force anything. He would simply allow the roll to take whatever form it does, and in every position would act in the most efficient way based off what the circumstance dictates, and not what he himself prefers."

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Aberjhani

"The Enlightened one (Gnani Purush) never wastes his time in counting money, focus of the awareness of the self (upayog) is wasted in doing this. One's focused awareness (upayog) is where he has 'interest'!"

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"A set and concrete term of attaining a plan mobilizes a man to fulfill it."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"Don't invest everything in another man's calling."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"Concentrate less on people and much on purpose. People can put your purpose in disarray, your purpose can put people in disarray."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"The more spiritually aware you become the more you will focus on your own self and less on others."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"When the mind is steady, it will not create any vibrations, and therefore one will get the result. Along with that, if there is purity of chit, then one will surely be able to get his work done."

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Aberjhani

"Everything you need comes into focus when you abandon the unneeded."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"Fix your gazes on the invisible."

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"Stay focused! Know where you are heading towards in life with your life! People going somewhere don't just go anywhere!"

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Personal Development

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Aberjhani

"You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority."

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Personal Development

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