A winding footpath through green highlands towards a sunlit lake and distant hills.

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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

If you want to go east, don’t go west.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Ramakrishna's advice is almost comically simple. To reach a goal, you can't walk in the opposite direction. It's a reminder that your choices need to actually point where you say you want to go. The plainness is the point.

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