When there's a contradiction in our heads we're not happy and will take steps to make the contradiction go away.

当我们的心理活动出现矛盾时,我们会不安，会采取办法,让这种矛盾消失。

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We can distance ourselves from our subjective wants and needs and likes and dislikes, and we can coexist with it in a happy and constructive way.

我们可以控制住我们的主观想法和需求,喜欢和不喜欢这类的想法都浮云了，我们甚至还能与自己的主观感受和谐共处。

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He said, "Saed." So we had actually learned the similar word, something Arabic So we learned a word that means happy in Arabic.

他说：“我是Saed“，我恰好,学了一个类似的阿拉伯语词,是阿拉伯语中代表高兴的词。

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