Awareness is Another Name for You
"You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is, of the not-self. If one gives up being aware of them then pure awareness alone remains . . ." Ramana Maharshi
Being Aware
The sages are unanimous in their suggestion that we give up our obsessions with the past and future, our efforts at trying to force life into our idea of the way it should be, and simply relax into our natural state, which is peace
TEST – Narcissism or not!
Feeling that something is not right in your relationship, Alarm bells ringing somewhere? You don't know what's going on, can't get your fingers behind it?
Why me a prey?
Almost anyone can fall prey to a narcissist unless you know what to look out for. The image we get in the media of the pathetic woman submissive to the dominant man is in no way consistent with reality. The perception that victims of narcissists and partner violence must have weak personalities is far from correct. In fact, it is common for an independent, autonomous and assertive person in a relationship with a narcissist to end up being completely dominated.
Beyond Narcissism
This book focuses mainly on what the narcissist does to those around him. How can you deal with a narcissist? Taking distance is the most important thing though, not to go under. It is often necessary to rebuild self-confidence and start living out of love instead of fear. Great for people in the immediate vicinity of a narcissist.
If self criticism was a person in the room
Were we to meet this figure socially, as it were, this accusatory character, this internal critic, we would think there was something wrong with him. He would just be boring and cruel