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1. She was a loose party babe, basically honest, intellectually simple and fundamentally self-centered
2. He is presented as a self-centered, ruthless tyrant
3. In the self-centered world that exists today, the prevalent attitude is one of coarseness, arrogance, and self-will
4. willed is self-centered, self-pleasing, and in violation of the scriptures
5. He is a self-centered Ousa!
6. "I guess I'm that self-centered but yeah, I consider my music an artistic success when it sounds the way I wanted it to sound, when I can say with this yandrille what I wanted to say
7. He was a deeply flawed man, true -- jealous, vain, self-centered, ineffective
8. Second, while in Flow, you forget your self-centered desires as you focus on the task
9. It is much better to work at a job that encourages Flow, than to work at one that continually strengthens the bonds of self-centered resistance and desire
10. A big part of eliminating self-centered desires is to accept things just as they are
11. We’ll see how ethical living weakens the self-centered desires that make us dissatisfied with life
12. I call it the self-centered self because it is not only conscious of itself, but is quite self-centered
13. Qualities of the Self-Centered Self
14. The primary qualities of the self-centered self are fear of harm, fear of loss, fear of death, want, envy, jealousy, and frustration
15. Of course, you do not experience yourself as self-centered when you are in the midst of these experiences
16. Here is an exercise to help you gain awareness of the self-centered self
17. You should get a sense of your self-centered self as a kind of separate consciousness
18. What I am trying to get you to experience with this exercise is a sense of your “present self,” in contrast to your self-centered self
19. The self-centered self, on the other hand, does not directly experience the object
20. The self-centered self feels different because it is not present
21. The self-centered self needs things, is afraid of things, feeds on compliments, wants to be right about everything, and is embarrassed when viewed in an unflattering light
22. The self-centered self flares conspicuously when aroused by one of its signature experiences: fear of harm, fear of loss, want, envy, jealousy, and frustration
23. Loss of the Self-centered Self
24. Those who have rid themselves of their self-centered selves can function just fine without it
25. In fact, without the fear of failure or the greed for reward that accompanies the self-centered self, you are free to express who you really are
26. You can change your experience of the world by learning to shift your attention from your self-centered desires to unconditional happiness
27. By shifting your attention to happiness and letting go of self-centered desires, you change what you care about, and thereby change your world
28. In Chapter 3, I discussed the need to overcome self-centered needs and desires, and the wisdom of lessening your focus on conditional happiness to weaken its hold on your attention
29. Contemplative Christian Bernadette Roberts says that when you find enlightenment, and lose all self-centered desire, what remains is compassion
30. The mind also has a self-centered bias and is drawn to personal fears and unsatisfied desires, which usually involve negative and painful thoughts
31. You will be in these experiences, and these experiences will begin to replace your normal self-centered way of thinking
32. The self-centered self sits at the center of all of this caring, feverishly orchestrating
33. One of the Buddha’s central teachings was that the dissatisfaction with life that makes us unhappy comes from self-centered desires for things to be other than as they are
34. By giving in to violence, you are building an impenetrable wall around yourself, and making it more and more difficult to let go of the hold that self-centered self has on your attention
35. ” To do that, you have to give up your attachments to your self-centered desires
36. As discussed in Chapter 3, as you turn your attention to the Source of happiness (which may be God), you turn your attention away from yourself and your self-centered desires
37. The devotional path to acceptance and the elimination of self-centered desire is beautifully illustrated by the well-known “Serenity Prayer,” already referenced in Chapter 11
38. [193] In addition, Lao Tzu notes that the more self-centered we become, the more we limit ourselves
39. Buddhism emphasizes the same goal as yoga, reducing the power of attachments to self-centered desires as a way to obtain nirvana
40. Provided ample opportunities to self-destruct, that child soon acquires disagreeable habits that, reinforced by common attitudes, establishes the rocky foundations of a society populated by lingering, single-minded adolescents who, guided by their own (―exceptional‖) rules of conduct, acquire self-centered and perhaps anti-social points of view devolving into a collection of interchangeable parts reflecting the questionable character of that society‘s lowest forms that must negatively impact its social, cultural and political institutions including schools, churches, political organizations, judicial system, the news media, corporations, all! A free and open society should never impose arbitrary limits or draw uncertain conclusions as to how an individual should (otherwise) think or act however eccentric or unconventional such attitudes may appear; although that society, by example, should seek to broaden exemplary manners and customs essential to the maintenance of proper form if that society hopes to function effectively
41. Nevertheless, how much longer must the average fan see their season(s) high jacked by self-centered, lingering adolescents; many of whom don‘t appreciate the value of a hard earned dollar? I remember when it was only a game
42. The self-centeredness embodied in Rand‘s thinking is a prime example of Individualism carried to an extreme
43. endorsements, playing up to fans but not for the fans, not really, and highlight reels that burnish self-serving credentials, begs the question, how about the love for the game for its own sake that has (seemingly) become secondary to self-centered attitudes and inflated egos; where gamesmanship has superseded sportsmanship? Bizarre behavior, taunting and jeering an opponent, especially common in higher profiled sports, has (sadly) provided the modern athlete with a receptive audience
44. Such is the (inevitable) outcome that follows whenever (narrow-minded) ideas devolve into (esoteric) self-centeredness
45. Cloning is Humankind‘s crowning achievement that defines its (own) conceited self-centeredness!
46. Addendum to the above: The greatest human failing is our (own) self-centered tendency of measuring our (own) self-worth by
47. The Motion Picture industry has enjoyed a long running fetish with strong, physically intimidating women routinely beating up on or otherwise skillfully out-maneuvering the obnoxious designs of pretentious, self-centered males filled with a heightened sense of their (own) self-importance; convenient foils portrayed as anachronistic, insensitive, chauvinistic types deserving an occasional thrashing every so often from women scorned or in response to inopportune or unsolicited (sexual) banterings or harmless wisecracks intended to make a definitive statement about strong women coming of age
48. How soon they forget! Ironically, the seeds of selfish-indulgence and self-righteousness were planted by the very critics equally self-centered in their own manner as young adults
49. It is unfortunate that as modern society, of which sports is a microcosm, routinely over-steps the boundaries of polite manners and good taste, that it is increasingly encouraging an ―in your face‖, self-centered generation of athletes who are setting the wrong examples for our youth
50. Bruce has long been exonerated by the Court of Public Opinion whose increasing complacency for gross stupidity and thoughtless expression(s) has provided a forum for the likes of self-centered ―comedians‖ who routinely project anger, hate and a genuine contempt for conventional manners under comedic