You Don’t Exist
“This body does not belong to you, it is only cunningly constructed clay.”
— Epictetus
Try this exercise — think of parts of yourself in turn. Look in the mirror if you must. Think “this is my head”, “these are my arms”, “this is my hand”, “these are my eyes”, “this is my fingernail”, and so on and on.
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