How not to take things personally

when me becomes we

know thyself

When others are to blame, that means you haven’t researched yourself in depth ~

A superior man understands others, an average man understands himself, an inferior man justifies himself ~

A superior man sees his actions onto others and observes the reflection on the magic mirror;
An average man sees his actions onto others but fails to observe the reflection on the magic mirror;
An inferior man sees only other's reactions and justifies himself ~

A superior man listens to others;
An average man doesn't listen to others;
An inferior man speaks without even listening himself ~

An inferior man speaks;
An average man listens;
A superior man senses, because he has listened and he speaks with silence ~

An inferior man lives;
An average man lives and becomes;
A superior man transcends life by conquering death* ~
*which is the actual beginning

An inferior man fears life;
An average man fears death;
A superior man knows that death is the Gateway ~

An inferior man sees only himself;
An average man sees himself separate from others;
A superior man sees others as himself ~

An inferior man perceives the droplet of change;
An average man dreams a sea of opportunities;
A superior man becomes the ocean wave ~

An inferior man knows no mysteries;
An average man dies seeking the mysteries;
A superior man is a mystery himself ~

An inferior man sees the beginning;
An average man perceives the end;
A superior man perceives the flow ~

«Encounter the self some times. Swim together at the deep waters, find some rest at the abandon islands of thought. Walk along with the dried emotions at the desert, release the fortified ego and there will come this time where the inner child will smile back again for getting it out in the open. Don't lose that smile ~» — Grigoris Deoudis