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The elemental root of “authenticity” is the Greek autos, or “self,” closely related to “author” and “authority.” To be authentic is to be true to a sense of self arising from one’s own unique and genuine essence, to be plugged into this inner GPS and to navigate from it.
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté, MD
“Whichever notion you happened to be conscious of at a particular moment is the one that comes bubbling up, the one that becomes dominant,” writes Gazzaniga. “It’s a dog-eat-dog world going on in your brain, with different systems competing to make it to the surface to win the prize of conscious recognition.”
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
14. The core thing about good reply game is attention. You have to be attentive to other people, discern what they’re trying to do, how they’d like to be interacted with.
Attention is also how you cultivate taste. Attention then is the most precious, valuable resource there is
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