psychology-of-self

You are not who you think you are. You are not who they want you to be. You are not merely your colour, class, gender - and so on - these are quite narrow things. You are not the ideas you are given and gather. You are not what you own or lay claim to. You are not even your life story - for that changes through time, perspective, emphasis and many things. You are what resides before, between and beyond all these things." - R. Ogunlaru

As comestibles nourish our bodies and ideas nourish our minds, so art nourishes our souls.

Generally speaking, we are w-a-y too hard on ourselves! I used to place enough pressure on myself to crush an elephant!

The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life.

As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.

It is strange... the reasons one feels he doesn't deserve things.

This may sound like a bunch of psychobabble, but the truth is that we are all filled with contradictions; personality is fluid not black and white. And, well_we are all both strongand weak. That__ what it means to be human. We all have flaws,weaknesses. The real strength is when we can admit these to ourselves and become able to show them to others.

This may sound like a bunch of psychobabble, but the truth is that we are all filled with contradictions; personality is fluid not black and white. And, well_we are all both strongand weak. That__ what it means to be human. We all have flaws, weaknesses. The real strength is when we can admit these to ourselves and become able to show them to others.

Having needs is not evidence of weakness _ it is human.

The creature who lives inside my brain suggested I do it,_ I offered tentatively. __t was very convincing.

Sometimes it is very difficult to keep in mind the fact that the parents, too, have reasons for what they do-- have reasons, locked in the depths of their personalities, for their inability to love, to understand, to give of themselves to their children.

The root of identity crises: we seem to know a lot about ourselves, but we can't tell who we are. Realize your self!

...suffering and freedom have their limits...those limits are very near together.

The wounding becomes sacred when we are willing to release our old stories and to become the vehicles through which the new story may emerge into time.

Much of what happens in life is a chance.

Your connection to yourself is also your connection to the divine. The more you are connected to yourself, the more you are connected to the divine. They are one and the same.

You are a book being read every moment, By someone or the other, Though only in parts! But, you are extremely safe, Rather, unfortunate For no one has ever read the entire book!

Only those who leave home ever really find it.