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Gautama Buddha.
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circa 500 BCE.
A reminder to release attachments to the past and future and focus on the now.
From History: 590 Million Years Ago (± 10 million)
The animal evolution of the bilaterian body plan is directionality, which gave us agency.
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King Shuruppak.
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2600 BCE.
One of humanity’s oldest moral instructions warns against arrogance and hatred, showing that ethical wisdom has roots running deep into prehistory.
From History: born circa 604 BCE
Laozi’s spirituality wants you to live with humility before the unknowable Dao: live gently, force less, and move in harmony with reality.
Breakthroughs often occur when conviction gives way to honesty.
A good legal system slows judgment so claims can be tested fairly. Think well by asking not just what was ruled, but how the claim was tested.