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What does it mean?
The chaos of the world can be used as an excuse for losing one's sanity.
In plain terms
The world makes it hard to stay sane.
What can you take from it?
Protect your mind from chaos.

Where it applies

  • stressful environments
  • media consumption
  • political climate

Putting it to work

  • limit exposure
  • practice detachment
  • maintain balance

Questions to consider

  • What makes you lose your mind?
  • How do you stay grounded?

Another view

It is not the world but how we react to it that matters.

More from George Harrison

  1. You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want.

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  2. The world used The Beatles as an excuse to go mad.

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  3. I'm a tidy sort of bloke. I don't like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.

    Permalink to quote #28

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