There's really only one place where you can fully retreat from the outside world. Somewhere where you, the real you, cannot be harmed. This is where you experience "the peace that passeth all understanding" as the Yogis knew centuries ago.
Highly developed souls focused on mental, spiritual, and physical development to propel humankind forward. We aspire to be like them. They are examples to follow.
Science is powerful. It is amazing. Necessary. But not everything can be proven by science, at least not yet. We first need to develop and unfold.
Stop breathing through your mouth. Use what nature intended for you to use: your nose.
Don't wait to celebrate only those big things. Acknowledge and celebrate the little things that fill your daily life. Find joy in your routine and repetitive tasks.
Believe whatever makes sense to you. But don’t hate or exclude other people just because their perspectives differ. All are on the path, each doing the best they know how.
Rules, policies and laws will continue chasing after the collective consciousness. And the collective is formed by individuals like you. So, change starts with yourself.
How many times have you attempted to eliminate a bad habit only through sheer willpower? It's extremely difficult, isn't it? It becomes easier when you replace that undesirable habit with a positive one that directly opposes it.
Allow yourself to be moved though the ebb and flow of life. Don't resist. In time, you'll look back and realize that those unexpected changes were precisely what you needed to grow.
Reacting angrily will only ruin precious minutes of your life. Don't allow your lower instincts to control you; you are the master.
It might be true that you have a higher level of consciousness than other people, that you are smarter, that you are stronger. But that doesn't mean you're better than other people.
View these sensations as you would that instinctive desire to suck your thumb—once natural but now unnatural and undesirable. Make space for the higher pleasures that await you by letting go of the baggage of immediate gratification.