"When he controls his senses with his mind and engages in discipline of action, detachment sets him apart." ... "When his mind is tranquil, perfect joy comes to the man of discipline; his passion is calm, he is without sin, being one with the infinite spirit." ... I live in this nature with a yearning for gaining and attaining more from life, and I subconsciously focus on what I have and what I do not yet hold. ... The lucid mind pulls all of the insecurities and faulty thinking that is present in dark inertia and passion and mends them to be mentally sound. ... A depressed mind creates all ...

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One of the most fundamental questions that philosophical minds ponder is the extent to the purpose of human beings. ... To clarify, Aristotle's usage of the word soul does not imply anything religious in nature, as the word conjures thoughts of religion and implications of the afterlife, but of one's developing subconscious with the precursor of cognizant choice. ...

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