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The76thTrombone t1_iw9rwov wrote

This is simply trading one false/incomplete conception of one's self for another.

The first suggests that your future self is the most "real" you - You are incomplete, there are pieces of you missing. You will be at your most pure when you find those pieces in the world and it all falls into place.

The second suggests that your past self is the most "real" you - You are broken, things have happened in the past that harmed you. You will be at your most pure when you've shed your past and returned to your unbroken self.

While both observe a problem in the human condition, both are an incomplete picture, and when each is taken on its own, it can lead people down the paths of either aimless wandering or static self-diagnosis.

You are your most "real" self right now. You are incomplete. You are broken. Always have been. Always will be. What will you do with that?

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cyan_violet t1_iwd98f1 wrote

This is more motivating than the majority of inspirational quotes.

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Lifeiscleanair t1_iwdbuiw wrote

Not only that, there is no "self". Look for who is looking and you will just find consciousness and space.

To say you are real one minute and not the next is to say that the weather didn't change your mood today, or the events that we have no control over didn't constantly shape and mould us.

Liberation comes from the truth, and the truth is we are not the Captain of the boat but rather the stream itself.

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