2373: Why Your Self-Image Can Never Be Happy by Richard Paterson of Think Less and Grow Rich

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Richard Paterson of Think Less and Grow Rich talks about why your self-image can never be happy Episode 2373: Why Your Self-Image Can Never Be Happy by Richard Paterson of Think Less and Grow Rich Richard is an ex-monk, meditation teacher, transformational coach and author of two books, “Kick The Thinking Habit” and “Awaken The Happy You.” After almost four decades of spiritual exploration and self-discovery, it’s now his passion to share with others some of the spiritual nuggets he’s unearthed along the way. For the past 20 years, he’s been helping people find more peace, joy, and inner freedom—to wake up to a richer, deeper, more spiritually connected experience of life. The original post is located here: https://www.thinklessandgrowrich.com/self-image/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2373.
0:04.0	Why Yourself Image Can Never Be Happy by Richard Patterson of ThinklessAndGrowRitch.com
0:10.4	and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:11.6	And we're going to jump right into today's article as we optimize your life.
0:16.8	Why Yourself Image Can Never Be Happy by Richard Patterson of ThinklessAndGrowRitch.com
0:26.6	You'll never be fully accepting of your self-image.
0:31.0	True happiness will always be a work in progress.
0:34.6	My book, Awaken the Happy You, is based on the idea that there are two selves which exist
0:40.1	within each of us, the self we take ourselves to be and the self we really are.
0:46.1	One self is restless by nature, never satisfied, always wanting more, and on a never-ending
0:51.3	search for happiness and fulfillment.
0:54.1	The other has already arrived.
0:56.8	It's very nature is peace, contentment, and joy.
1:02.0	You could call these two selves, number one, the self-image, a nebulous construct made
1:07.1	up of elements such as our cultural programming, likes and dislikes, personality traits,
1:12.4	and the personal stories we have about ourselves and our lives.
1:16.0	It's a self that we identify with as me the person.
1:20.2	And number two, the unconditioned self, which is our original, undifferentiated nature,
1:26.4	the timeless and unchanging essence of who we are beyond our personal story.
1:31.6	This is our true nature, the pure sense of I am that is prior to, I am this or I am
1:37.7	that.
1:39.0	I describe the self-image as nebulous because it's in a constant state of flux throughout
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