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Presence vs. Self-fixation
- Moments of well-being share qualities of presence and lack of self-fixation.
- Suffering is marked by a solid, centralized sense of self focused on victimhood or flaw.
Goats Prank Highlights Self Fixation
- Montana students released goats numbered one, two, and four, causing a school-wide search for the nonexistent goat three.
- This example illustrates how fixating on something that doesn't exist leads to confusion and missing out on reality.
Self-Image as a Veil
- Preoccupation with self-image blocks full experience of life, like being blind and deaf.
- Identifying narrowly with self limits awareness of the vastness around us.