I Our deepest identity, is neither our social rules…

Page 76. I Our deepest identity, is neither our social rules nor our beliefs nor feelings nor our attachments nor our defenses nor our possessions, but that inner search we brighten or dim by choice.

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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And there is more than one you in daylight, too — the private self, the social self that lives in how we imagine others see us, and the narrative self that strings it all into a story. The self is not some fixed thing sitting behind your eyes looking out — your deepest identity is, in truth, none of your roles, none of your beliefs, none of your passing feelings. It is something underneath all of those, and the rarest of all gifts is what lets you go looking for it: a self-reflexive consciousness, the ability to turn and watch yourself looking. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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