We attribute to ourselves qualities that we do not possess because if we possessed them, our lives would exactly mirror our image of ourselves. Our lies about what is really happening in our lives are what we use to “patch up” our ego with rationalizations and justifications, all of which conceal from us the fact that we cannot really do anything because we have no Being.

We attribute to ourselves qualities that we do not possess because if we possessed them, our lives would exactly mirror our image of ourselves. Our lies about what is really happening in our lives are what we use to “patch up” our ego with rationalizations and justifications, all of which conceal from us the fact that we cannot really do anything because we have no Being.

– Laura Knight Jadczyk –

The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive

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