Friday, December 7, 2012

In Front of a Mirror


We spend most of our lives in front of a sort of mirror. We only see ourselves, we are totally self-engrossed, we can't help thinking of ourselves...all the time. Peruvian-American author Carlos Castaneda said: "You take yourself too seriously." Is this what we really do? Why? Our human nature leads us towards self-preservation, towards the acquisition of happiness, towards experiencing pleasure and avoiding pain. All this is right, fair, natural. It's only when we forget the needs of others, or when we expect others to live in order to fulfill our needs that we become "selfish". 

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