How I aim to define myself
Who Are You?
Youri Cviklinski added 10d ago
Expressing oneself in the world and creativity are the same. It may not be possible to know who you are without somehow expressing it.
– Rick Rubin
Youri Cviklinski added 12d ago
The signs of one who is making progress are that he criticizes no one, praises no one, blames or accuses no one, and never speaks of himself as being anyone of importance, or as one who has any knowledge. And if he is praised, he laughs within at the person who is praising him, and if anyone finds fault with him, he makes no defence. He goes about
... See morefrom Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics) by Epictetus
Youri Cviklinski added 13d ago
Here is another way of finding inner space: Become conscious of being conscious. Say or think “I Am” and add nothing to it. Be aware of the stillness that follows the I Am. Sense your presence, the naked, unveiled, unclothed beingness.
from A New Earth: The life-changing follow up to The Power of Now. ‘My No.1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle’ Chris Evans by Eckhart Tolle
Youri Cviklinski added 13d ago
This one question—“What do I know for certain?”—is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world. It destroys your whole sense of self, and it’s meant to. You come to see that everything you think you know about yourself, everything you think you know about the world, is based on assumptions, belief
... See morefrom The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment by Adyashanti
Youri Cviklinski added 14d ago
The narrower and rarer the identity you choose for yourself, the more everything will seem to threaten you. For that reason, define yourself in the simplest and most ordinary ways possible.
from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Youri Cviklinski added 14d ago
How you react to people and situations, especially when challenges arise, is the best indicator of how deeply you know yourself.
from A New Earth: The life-changing follow up to The Power of Now. ‘My No.1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle’ Chris Evans by Eckhart Tolle
Youri Cviklinski added 14d ago
"Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share."
– Ginni RomettyYouri Cviklinski added 25d ago
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."
– Edward AbbeyYouri Cviklinski added 25d ago