Hercules, Hydra, and the Power of Shifting One's Focus

The more we look at the hissing snakes at our feet, the more we get bitten.

Nov 17, 2023

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It’s easy for us as human beings to focus on the external — external problems and external solutions. If I have a headache, I think: “I have a problem. I need to take a pill to solve it.”

I see the headache as a problem, an enemy, as something separate from me. Then, having externalized the problem, I am looking for an external solution for it. I may tak…

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