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Austrian China's avatar

What were some of your previous goals? Did they change over time? Regardless of the extent to which you achieved them, did they not lead to new ones?

To be meaningful, goals must necessarily involve achieving something constructive - i.e. building something new, something which did not exist before. This could be raising a child. Or building a castle. Or translating and marketing something very insightful to a different language zone. Or giving people in faraway lands a feel for everyday lives of people around you.

Or simply finding new and important questions to ask, and enunciating them.

They could involve making the world a better place, but need not. Just making one's own surroundings into a better place can be just as meaningful. But goals we must find; otherwise, what is the point of living?

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Niki's avatar

My actual goal is to take care of my 52 children, and to write some books for helping Buddhist parents with their children.

Buddha was 100% for critical thinking, which is something we desperately need nowadays.

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Austrian China's avatar

Why not tell the outside world more about the world you live in and the challenges and insights of the people who inhabit it?

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Niki's avatar

I will try, but I am very busy and unfortunately extremely sick. I promise I will try.

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Austrian China's avatar

Responded elsewhere.

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Niki's avatar

When you follow a path, sometimes your way to look at life changes and needs some time to get used to it and to find a new balance.

I can say that I lost some of my selfishness...mind you, just some!

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Austrian China's avatar

A complete lack of selfishness is tantamount to a lack of self-esteem, i.e. a sense of self worth. Without this it’s very difficult if not impossible to be a constructive force in the world.

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Niki's avatar

I don't agree. Actually it is quite the opposite. You know who you are in a very peaceful and stable way. So your interaction with the world and the people becomes more effective.

I have seen this with some Lamas, and now I see it on myself.

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Ah yes, this is a basic Buddhist tenet, correct?

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Niki's avatar

Buddhism is quite philosophical. It's one of the things that helps you to change.

But there is much more.

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Austrian China's avatar

Or… tell the world about the expats who’ve chosen to settle permanently in India and Nepal: what brought them there and what is keeping them there.

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Niki's avatar

I can speak only about myself, and I am a little bit unusual. Maybe it looks weird but I live in a 100% Mustangi and Nepali environment. I have no time to hang out with expats.

52 kids are quite demanding! 😂

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