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“Net Carbohydrate: No more than 6 grams at breakfast, no more than 12 grams at lunch, and no more than 12 grams at dinner. No more than 30 grams per day. (Dr. Bernstein's rule)”

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Thoughts create an imagined persona(name, story, image of face, beliefs, likes, dislikes, desires, fears) and because this imagined persona is made up of thoughts, it needs constant thoughts to sustain itself with; to reinforce its identity and worldview again and again.

Thoughts happen from the point of view of this imagined persona and they are focused in pursuing pleasure in the world of form, trying to create wellbeing and happiness for this imagined persona.

When desired conditions are met, this imagined persona feels good about itself. When desired conditions are not met, this imagined persona feels upset.

Because this imagined persona's entire sense of self and world are thought made, silence feels threatening, boring, life-less, and scary.

(This is perhaps why you felt so resistant to meditation when you just began)

Thoughts feel safe because they give the persona a sense of identity. They feel safe because the persona feels that without them, it cannot find wellbeing in the world and that its whole life will fall apart.

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There is a belief that every one of us has the potential for violence. This potential is innate, and a wide range of internal and external factors increase the chance for this to manifest into volatile behaviors. The truth is that these behaviors are predatory, and sometimes, they can function devoid of reason. It is humans who are responsible for the distortion in the predator-prey dynamic. While violence and mayhem may exist in other creatures, humanity is the only species with the potential to harm without purpose.

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then, there’s a balance to be struck between the two approaches: the Buddha being right that plenty of life’s causes of woe are down to unnecessary craving, but Nietzsche and Roosevelt correctly identifying that sometimes the suffering is the price we ought to pay for craving meaningful achievements

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Well, the truth is that when we ignore our shadow self, what we are simply doing is turning it against us. It is this shadow self that represents all the parts of yourself you have disowned. While our shadow self can operate on its own without our awareness – more like it is on autopilot – it causes us to do things we would not do voluntarily, and that is the reason behind regret. You find yourself saying things you wouldn’t normally say. Your body language expresses emotions you would consciously not feel. In short, when you ignore your dark side, you end up hurting your relationships – with friends, spouse, or family, among others.

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