#57 - 3 Minute Thursday: Allowing the Past to Make You Wiser

Welcome to our new segment, "Three Minute Thursday"  (#3MinuteThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I’ve come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirational anecdote that can help you lead a more calm, free and full life.

Today's episode provides reflections on how to deal with the past from teachings from spiritual guru Sadhguru and author of The Power of Now, Eckert Tolle.

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Hi everyone, in this #3MinuteThursday episode I want to share some profound wisdom about how to treat the past from the Indian philosopher and teacher Sadhguru. 

So many of us identify with the past, especially if it makes us feel very good or feel bad – that is the nature of the monkey mind. But the past is dead. The past has passed, so to speak. It’s gone.  Over and done.

Especially when situations or people in our past begin to weigh us down in the now, that’s when we have to stop and check ourselves. Sadhguru says it this way: When you keep the past alive, the living will slowly die.

The idea here is that we should refrain from trying to fix the past lest we keep ourselves playing from our back foot today. The less our minds live in the past, the more free we are right now to flourish. 

Sadhguru says that in fact, the more unpleasant things happen in your life, the wiser you should become. I’ll add on to this by saying that this happens because as we get more practice in managing our thoughts about the past, making sure to label them as over, the better we are at mastering life now...

Listen to the episode for more.

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