"Living up to an image that you..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.
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“Vipassana is fine until it becomes a technique that has many stages and that takes time to develop. That can be okay for people for a while, but then you have to leave the technique behind.”
“Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence.”
“We are in the final stages of egoic madness. Almost the whole world is fighting each other.”
More on Authenticity
“I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.”
“If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.”
“There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, "I've got a new fundamental." That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.”
More on Identity
“We are the other of the other”
“Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.”
“I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour.”