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21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful
This is the most invisible thing of all. You are not imprisoned by your past or by your parents or teachers or children or even society at large. You are kept in a prison of mental limitations by that most transparent of all jailers-the voice inside your head.Eat "should" and die"That voice inside your head is not the voice of God-it
... See moreMichael Neill • You Can Have What You Want: Proven Strategies for Inner and Outer Success
Your psyche is like a computer program running in your mind based on your samskaras. It’s in there talking to you about things that happened before, what you wish would happen now, and what you hope does or doesn’t happen tomorrow. You’ve actually created an alternate reality inside your mind that is very complex.
Michael A. Singer • Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
“The non-attachment thing is the same,” Is continued. “If you’re looking at it as a key to peace and happiness, then I can’t discuss it with any authority except to say that it’s actually a little dull. However, if you’re looking at it as an important step on the path to awakening, then I can assure you that you’ve been misled. Wake up first, and t
... See moreJed McKenna • Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 1)
must know for yourself, that you are worth something regardless of your achievements. Without this knowledge, you will be persistently confusing yourself with your external activities.
Wayne W. Dyer • Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life
While emptiness is what’s left when you take away the thoughts and beliefs that you have constructed around an event, not knowing is a way to move in the absence of such thoughts. It’s a creative possibility. Not knowing who you are allows you to meet an event without pretending it is something else—something that happened before. Then you might ex
... See moreJohn Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
This quest to justify your existence in the eyes of some outside authority can continue long into adulthood. But “at a certain age,” writes the psychotherapist Stephen Cope, “it finally dawns on us that, shockingly, no one really cares what we’re doing with our life.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
