Shrinking Self-importance 

 

Our modern culture and politics is based on self-interest, and the values of psychology are ego-oriented, emphasizing self-knowledge, increasing self-esteem, and getting what we want. Yet, at the core, it’s these notions of self that make up a large part of our current problem.

An old Buddhist notion states that a primary cause of unhappiness is spending most of our attention and energy thinking about oneself, when… Read More »

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