
The more you can free yourself from
your internalization of the gaze of others,
the more liberated you feel…[and]…the more you will unleash the healthy energies of the mind.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Under your Skin
Ester asked why people are sad.
“That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
Paulo Coehlo, The Zahir