Sacrifice
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Make Proper Sacrifices
"Genie" is the root word for "genius," and it’s a really interesting idea, because a genie is something that, as Robin William’s said: "unlimited power! Tiny little living space." But it’s a really interesting idea, because there’s this unlimited power that’s associated with genius, but it’s constrained. That’s really what the human spirit is like. It has this aspect of the infinite, and it is something that can grant wishes. But it’s also constrained terribly. It’s constrained mortally and physically and all that. But the thing is that both the infinite possibility and the constraint are necessary. That’s what makes up the genie. It has to be both at the same time. The idea that, if you find your genie you can have your wishes… That’s right. You have to want what you’re wishing for. You have to make the proper sacrifices to get it. It can’t just be some whim. You think, "well, I wish I had…" whatever it is you’re wishing for. [1]
Let Your Fears & Insecurities Burn Off Like Deadwood
What should move forward in time with me and what should be let go as if it´s deadwood? And the more deadwood you let go of and burn off when you have the opportunity the less it accretes around you. Here’s something interesting about forest fires. People have been trying to prevent forest fires for a long time, especially that damn bear, Smokey, right? He is trying to prevent forest fires. And so, because forest fires burn up the forest, and that can’t be good. But here’s what happens if you don’t let forest fires burn, it’s that while forest collect a lot of dry branches, right? Because tree branches die and wood falls on the forest floor and collects and so the amount of flammable material keeps increasing with time. And that’s not so bad if it’s wet. But if the amount of flammable material is increasing and it’s gets really dry and then it burns then you have a real problem. The forest fire can burn so hot that it burns it’s top soil right of, in which case you don’t have a forest at all anymore. You just have a desert. And lots of trees are evolved to withstand forest fires of a certain intensity and some won’t even release their seeds unless there’s been a fire. And so a little bit of fire at the right time can stop everything from burning to the ground. And that’s also a really useful insight. A metaphorical insight into the nature of sacrifice, right? It’s also a lot easier to let go of something when you’re deciding to let go of it, because you’ve decided yourself that you’re done with that. It’s a weak part of you. It needs to disappear. You do that yourself. It’s much better and much easier than it is when it’s taken away from you forcibly. In which case you’re very much likely to fight it.[2]
“Sacrifice who you are for who you could become” [Citation Needed]
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