Deals Quote by Robert W. Firestone Download Open image “The purpose of the false self is to defend against pain - not deal with reality” — Robert W. Firestone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deals Identity Pain Purpose Reality Self
The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The true self is that which is in touch with reality. The false self is the aspects of your personality that are adapted to… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's the self that suffers, and there's a place where the self - ceases. I don't know how to say it. But I believe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
False self is an identity based on what you have, what you do, and what others think about you. In stark contrast to this… — Basil Pennington Copy Share Image
“If I had the capacity to withstand instantaneous physical pain, I think I would have even considered taking a razor to my leg. Because… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Because the exposure of self to self lies at the heart of neurotic shame, escape from the self is necessary. The escape from self… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid to discover… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Refuse to think in terms of this or that. All pain needs investigation. The mind is nothing else but the self. Assumption obscures reality… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“When children are hurt and in pain psychologically, they don't want to be in distress, so when the situation becomes intolerable, they cease to… — Robert W. Firestone Copy Share Image
The average person is unaware that he or she is living out a negative destiny according to his or her past (childhood) programming, preserving… — Robert W. Firestone Copy Share Image
That is why in adult life, people generally tend to relive rather than live, that is, to repeat the patterns of the past and… — Robert W. Firestone Copy Share Image
In general, an ideal partner is (a) open and nondefensive, (b) honest and nonduplicitous, (c) affectionate and easy-going, (d) mentally and physically healthy, (e)… — Robert W. Firestone Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
When you reach that competing point, when you reach that time when the gun is about to go off, everyone's level is pretty much… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them,… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi. — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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