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Awaken your purpose

Aidan McCarthy
2 min readAug 23, 2023
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“From now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought. You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You do not belong to you. You belong to Universe. Your significance will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your role if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the highest advantage of others.”

— Buckminster Fuller

Have you ever encountered a moment in life that shifted your perspective completely? I’m reading Mastery by Robert Green at the moment and I was struck by this epiphany that Fuller encountered. It totally resonated with me.

Fuller, who was facing a period of deep depression and contemplating suicide experienced a pivotal realisation when he heard a voice within him say, “From now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought. You think the truth.” At first glance, the term “temporal attestation” might be cryptic. However, from the context, it seems to imply that you don’t need external validation to confirm the validity of your thoughts. In essence, what you think at a given…

Aidan McCarthy
Aidan McCarthy

Written by Aidan McCarthy

I'm a technologist passionate about technology, philosophy, and mental wellbeing.

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