Posts Tagged ‘false self’
Embrace Impermanence & Discover Yourself Amidst Change
“If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out. We cannot be alive if we are not empty. Emptiness is impermanence, it is change. We should not complain about impermanence, because without impermanence, nothing is possible.” – Thich Nhat Hanh…
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Passive Aggression Toward the Self
“We all have a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” – Jane Austen When you begin to move towards a desired direction in your life, there is often an accompanying sense of excitement, anxiety, and hesitancy. Everything that is “new” is “unknown” in some way,…
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Authentic Self vs. False Self
“No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” – Thomas Mann We all wear masks. Our social masks enable us to survive and to interact appropriately in a wide variety of interpersonal contexts. We show a different side of ourselves to different people in our lives: significant others, family members, friends, professional…
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