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"Most of our energy goes into upholding our importance...
If we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two, we would provide ourselves with enough energy to...catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe." Carlos Castaneda
--to me this is the answer to the koan about a tree falling in the woods with no one around. The sheer arrogance of the question points to the answer--
"Self-righteous morality is jealousy with a halo" HG Wells
"Self righteousness is a mask for hypocrisy and self importance." Carlos Castaneda
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