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Maria Popova of Brain Pickings

The One You Feed

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The Importance of Fortifying the Self

The notion of the self as an illusion isn't about saying that we don't exist or denying our nature or spirit. It's more about being able to hold multiple things together at the same time. "I think actually part of our anguish comes from the very fact that we approach this question too with the goal oriented mindset," he says.

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