The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
Having a self, even a simple self, allows you to look into the world and put a mark over what is more important and less important. It's a way of classifying the world in terms of your own needs.
Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.