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By Vichara


Schopenhauer was out walking one evening, deep in thought. A passing suspicious policeman approached him and asked "May I know who you are?" Schopenhauer stood for a long time and then replied "I wish I could tell you". It is so true, no matter how many ways we are identified the majority of them are external. The clothing style we wear, the care we drive, the voice, the laugh, how we adorn our home or office. All out worldly personality markers. But we are much, much more than this collection of bones, blood and flesh and as long as we identify ourselves in the physical sense we will keep using all our energies to satisfy these needs. Try to take just 15 minutes a day, by yourself with no distractions to check in with you and your spirit and try to feed that instead of the external.

clandestine \klan-DES-tin\ , adjective:
Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception.
One of the many shiny art panels at the back of the room is actually a clandestine two-way mirror (look carefully, the color is slightly different). Back in the day (perhaps now) it allowed managers to survey service and presentation, which are still impeccable.
-- Ike DeLorenzo, Five classics revisited, Boston Globe, 27-May-09

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