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The Joy of Being

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

CHAPTER

Having a Sense of Self

The most important thing that humans look for is identity. Many people don't have a very happy sense of self. But the unhappy sense of self is equally egoic. Your sense of you are determines how you relate to the world. That's all to do with a sense of identity. Even already children, they need an identity. Youngsters, if they can't have anything, if they 're not have no recognized role in this world, then they go to gangs. They become in a desperate search for identity. And they kill people for their identity. Thit determines everything.

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