134 Quotes About The-self

The embodiment of his mystic precepts, he appeared at any given moment to be on the verge of an amazing disintegration, his particular complex of atoms ready to go shooting off into the great void like a burst of fireworks.

We are told we are social creatures, and god knows it’s true. But we don’t have to be introverts to grasp how disorienting and exhausting – and ultimately deforming of who we feel ourselves to be – all this continuous relating to other people can be.

Artifacts are alive. Each has a voice. They remind us what it means to be human - that it is our nature to survive, to create works of beauty to be resourceful, to be attentive to the world we live in.

The sand whispered, Be separate, the stones taught me, Be hard.

What greater fetter to anchoring ourselves to the false notion of self could there be than a selfie? It is named after an illusion!

Lord, how excellent are Thy ways, and how devious and dark are the ways of man. Show us how to die, that we may rise again to newness of life. Rend the veil of our self-life from the top down as Thou didst rend the veil of the Temple. We would draw near in full assurance of faith. We would dwell with Thee in daily experience here on this earth so that we may be accustomed to the glory when we enter Thy heaven to dwell with Thee there. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Nothing better cements the false self than one's Facebook page.

When we let go of the story, we are no longer bound to it.