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396 | The False Self

The Minimalists

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The Importance of a Mimetic Desire

We are what we desire. What is the blueprint of your desire? What is the makeup of your desires? Are they mimetic desires? And I think sometimes a mimetic desire can be helpful. If you truly don't know what it means to live a meaningful life, what is my purpose? We're asking that sort of question. It's hard to answer that. I do feel 27. Maybe I feel 28 at this point. But even that is you're naming an age. Oh, right. If you didn't have an age, how old would you be? Yeah. Well, why is that? Because we've picked up this false self. The only thing that is inevitable

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