Why Trying to Be Somebody Is Making You Unhappy

  • Post last modified:February 17, 2026
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We spend our whole lives trying to become somebody. Somebody important. Somebody respected. Somebody successful. But what if that pursuit is the very thing keeping us fragmented? We spend our whole lives trying to be somebody. We want to be somebody in business. We want to be somebody's husband or wife. We want to be someone's parent. We want to be somebody's great kid. We want to be somebody who's…

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Is the Sense of Self True Nature?

  • Post last modified:June 10, 2024
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Q: Dear Todd, is the sense of self true nature? Or just an inevitable delusion of perspectivized consciousness?Todd Answers: I would say that our sense of self is merely the turning of our consciousness back onto itself so that it can experience itself. This is how we can know ourselves — our true selves, our essence.When we look for ourselves and we peer through the thoughts, the sense-objects, and the…

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