The ego tends to equate having with being: I have, therefore I am. And the more I have the more I am. The ego lives through comparison. How you are seen by others turns into how you see yourself. ..... How you are seen by others becomes the mirror that tells you what you are like and who you are. The ego’s sense of self-worth is in most cases bound up with the worth you have in the eyes of others. You need others to give you a sense of self, and if you live in a culture that to a large extent equates self-worth with how much and what you have, if you cannot look through this collective delusion, you will be condemned to chasing after things for the rest of your life in the vain hope of finding your worth and completion of your sense of self there. Eckhart Tolle, “A New Earth”
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:18:04 +0000
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