This is bad. The advice given perpetuates the myth you are an individual completely separate from the world outside of it, the very feeling that alienates you from other people and the feeling behind the animosity that we feel towards others. The only way to be at peace with world( and people who live in it) is to realize that you are the world not a part of it.
>> the myth you are an individual completely separate from the world outside Aren't you? You were born alone, you will die alone, nobody can live your life for you, nobody can share the responsibility for your decisions. You are alone. Everyone else is a script. The only thing that matters is whether your actions make you happy without a hangover. Why would you worry about anyone else's judgments? (Sick people, who a…
Yes if you choose to identify yourself with small part of your being called the consciousness.
I don't find that view of self particularly appealing, I prefer to view my ego as part of me as my leg is a part me. You are not the image that you have constructed for yourself shaped by the society you live in. I don't want to identify myself with a tiny portion of thoughts that my mind has, I am not my ego.