"It's none of your business."

 There are things in this world that depend on us and things that don't depend on us.


What rests upon us is our abilities: judgment, motives, desires, and aversions.


Simply put, everything that comes from us is up to us.


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What is not up to us is our body, our wealth, our reputation, our social status.


That is, everything that does not originate from us is not up to us.


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What rests upon us is inherently free, unhindered, and unenforced, but what does not depend on us is helpless, enslaved, hindered, and not ours. So keep that in mind If you consider what is inherently enslaved to be free and what is not yours, you will face setbacks, pain, and difficulties, and you will seek fault with the gods and others. But if you think that what's yours is yours and what's not yours isn't yours, then no one will pressure you, no one will disturb you, you won't blame anyone, you won't blame anyone, you force yourself There will be none of these, no one will harm you, and nothing will happen to you that will harm you, so you will have no enemies.


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Keep in mind that if you want to achieve this big goal, you need to make a big decision. Some should be completely abandoned and some should be postponed for the time being. If you want both at the same time, that is, if you want fame and wealth as well as the things that really belong to you, then you want the former and you will not get the latter, and of course you will not get the former, the only way to freedom and happiness.


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So whenever a disturbing thought or impression comes to your mind, always say, "It just looks like this, it's not real." After that, carefully examine and confirm the thought or impression according to the above principle. Do those thoughts or impressions have to do with things that depend on me, or do they have something to do with things that do not depend on us? If it has to do with something that is not up to us, say to yourself:


"It's none of your business."

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