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The Memento Mori is a reminder that death comes to all, rich or poor, powerful or humble. The scales show life’s fortunes are temporary, and the wheel turns for everyone. Its message is simple: remember your mortality, live with virtue, and value what truly matters. /G\

You cannot command the river to change its course, but you can learn to move through its waters without losing yourself. /G\

Sit quietly with what is, and you may discover that the peace you were seeking was never outside you. /G\

Mastery is not the absence of desire, but the freedom to choose which desires deserve your obedience. /G\

Remember that you are mortal; release what you cannot control, cherish what is before you, and let the certainty of death teach you how to live with wisdom, gratitude, and purpose. /G\

Walk lightly through fortune and misfortune, knowing that both are temporary guests. /G\

When anger rises, pause before giving it a voice; what you observe clearly, you need not obey. /G\

Do not seek peace by controlling every circumstance; seek it by loosening your attachment to them. /G\

Every person begins as a rough ashlar. With hammer and chisel, we work upon ourselves: removing what holds us back, refining what can be improved, and shaping who we aspire to become.✨

V.I.T.R.I.O.L.: Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem. 🕯️ A journey inward, a constant refinement, and the search for the Philosopher’s Stone. The ancient wisdom of alchemy continues to inspire us on our own path of transformation.

The disciplined mind does not cling to pleasure or resist sorrow; it observes both and remains steady. /G\

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Pain may visit the mind; suffering begins when the mind insists that pain should not be there. /G\

Let go of what you cannot keep, and cultivate what no circumstance can take from you. /G\

You cannot command the world, but you can train the mind that experiences it. /G\

Accept what arrives, release what departs, and remain faithful to the mind within your care. /G\

"The working tools are most effective in the hands of a mind that is calm, attentive, and disciplined. /G\