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Originally Posted by blossomingtree
Self-belief is the trickiest of things.
As always, I defer to Jyotir. He says it best.
Bless,
BT
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Yes, J's ways of saying things is indeed most eloquent!
Methinks that the
only way of
not being 'tricked' by '
selfish' considerations - pertaining
either to one's 'own' 'self' or the 'selves' of others - is to
truly be
impartial in both attitude and intent.
Of course,
if the 'assessment' (pertaining to any given issue) of a person who thinks, feels and believes he or she is
truly impartial differs from the 'assessment' (pertaining to the same issue) of another person who thinks, feels, and believes he or she is
truly impartial, it is a foregone conclusion that
each will conclude that the
other must really not be impartial and that he or she
must have been 'tricked' by '
selfish' considerations that
appear (
to them) to be
unselfish, i.e. which
appear (
to them) to be
truly impartial as a result of their having been 'tricked by their own
selfishness.
I hope that is well said enough for you to accept as a
well-intentioned caution to
you to watch that
you aren't tricked by
your 'own' 'self-belief' which, for the above
reason, you
appear (to
me, that is) to
really be.
As Einstein discovered, the principles of 'relativity' can result in the 'configuration' of 'reality'
appearing to be
quite different to
different observers,
my obviously 'condescending' meward, Bro.