The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not the possessing entity — the thinker. Knowing this enables you to observe the entity. The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated.
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“Neglect highlights our latent negative self-assessments”
― Status Anxiety
― Status Anxiety
“32. That no one can say truthfully that you are not a straightforward or honest person. That anyone who thinks that believes a falsehood. The responsibility is all yours; no one can stop you from being honest or straightforward. Simply resolve not to go on living if you aren’t. It would be contrary to the logos.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Self-acceptance can feel impossible when perfection is meant to be the norm.”
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
― Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Sombre Moods
“The hardships to which the poor were subject”
― Status Anxiety
― Status Anxiety
“Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first—the story of our quest for sexual love—is well known and well charted”
― Status Anxiety
― Status Anxiety
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