Quotes About Self

I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body.

Not the king of anyone else. I call my self a King because indeed I am a King of I myself only. -DeShawn Yeldell / MillYentei

What we possess is temporary, but what we become is permanent.

when a man praises himself, it is intellectual suicide.

Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham. Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you. We knot our imagination with fear to create aham. Tapasya and yagna are two tools that can help us unknot the mind, outgrow fear and discover atma, our true self.

Krishna offers Arjuna two things: what he is and what he has. Arjuna chooses what Krishna is. Duryodhana is happy with what Krishna has. This divide between him and his, me and mine, what one is and what one has, is the difference between seeking the soul and being satisfied with matter.

Animal fight to defend their bodies. Humans curse to defend their imagination of themselves.

The purpose of life then is not to change what one did not create. Rather it is to explore this world, experience it, understand it and by doing so discover the truth about oneself.

When humanity ignores imagination, there is no growth, no quest to outgrow fear, no desire for spiritual reality. Evolution does not happen. Spiritual reality remains undiscovered. Only the self matters; others remain invisible. In other words, humans stay animals.

Identity based on what we have is aham, not atma.

We knot our imagination to fear to creat aham. Tapasya and yagna are two tools that can help us unknot the mind, outgrow fear and discover atma, our true self.

Only the truly enlightened know the world as it truly is; the rest construct a reality that comforts the ego.

Do not surrender to a situation that nurtures the ego.

From imagination comes our vision of the world, our vision of our future, and most importantly our vision of ourselves, who we are and what we want to be.

man the master of his own destiny and the creator of his own desires,

Do you derive your identity by comparing yourself with me? This is maya, a necessary delusion without which society cannot function. It can uplift you with inspiration, depress you with jealousy or grant you peace by revealing how different you are from me.

Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham.Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you.

peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.

Spiritual journey is the process of synthesis, of integration, when he can say, "I am this and I am that too." That

Only the truly enlightened know the world as it truly is; the rest construct a reality that comforts the ego. The

When the mind is knotted in fear, the problem is always outside, never inside.

Thus a decision taken to please the ego turns out to be dear in the long run.

we cling to 'me' and 'mine' and are wary of what is 'not mine'. We call this love, but it is in fact attachment as they give us identity and meaning.

I am the creator of my world and so are you. We can widen our world by breaking free from the maze of expectations. We can shrink our world by entrapping ourselves with expectations.