Student of Self
@studentofself.bsky.social
Mindfulness, self-awareness, spirituality || 20+ years on the journey of self-discovery || Insights for a more awakened life || [email protected]
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Our bodies are our vehicles on the journey of life. The reason we don't progress in the exact direction we want is because we're not in the driver's seat. Following our breath will help us find our true place.
#focus
#focus
If we’re doing something wrong or unethical and don’t feel any unease within us, it’s because we’ve become completely detached from our true self.
The divine conscience within always guides us through the sensations we feel, which we can only feel when we remain connected.
#selfawareness
The divine conscience within always guides us through the sensations we feel, which we can only feel when we remain connected.
#selfawareness
September 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If we’re doing something wrong or unethical and don’t feel any unease within us, it’s because we’ve become completely detached from our true self.
The divine conscience within always guides us through the sensations we feel, which we can only feel when we remain connected.
#selfawareness
The divine conscience within always guides us through the sensations we feel, which we can only feel when we remain connected.
#selfawareness
Only you can put things right in your life, and you have the power to put anything right.
To use that power, you need to connect with the source in the depths of your breath.
#mindfulness
To use that power, you need to connect with the source in the depths of your breath.
#mindfulness
September 25, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Only you can put things right in your life, and you have the power to put anything right.
To use that power, you need to connect with the source in the depths of your breath.
#mindfulness
To use that power, you need to connect with the source in the depths of your breath.
#mindfulness
September 24, 2026 at 4:28 AM
We can't know something by staying away from it.
To know what we truly are, we need to stay within ourselves.
We have a home in the depths of our breath that we abandoned in our earliest years and never returned to.
#mindfulness
To know what we truly are, we need to stay within ourselves.
We have a home in the depths of our breath that we abandoned in our earliest years and never returned to.
#mindfulness
September 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We can't know something by staying away from it.
To know what we truly are, we need to stay within ourselves.
We have a home in the depths of our breath that we abandoned in our earliest years and never returned to.
#mindfulness
To know what we truly are, we need to stay within ourselves.
We have a home in the depths of our breath that we abandoned in our earliest years and never returned to.
#mindfulness
Fear of death comes from separation. When we unite with our true self within the physical body, fears disappear.
#mindfulness
#mindfulness
September 22, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Fear of death comes from separation. When we unite with our true self within the physical body, fears disappear.
#mindfulness
#mindfulness
No one enters your life at random.
Your inner world is a magnet; the state of your inner world shapes who is drawn into your life.
#selfawareness
Your inner world is a magnet; the state of your inner world shapes who is drawn into your life.
#selfawareness
September 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM
No one enters your life at random.
Your inner world is a magnet; the state of your inner world shapes who is drawn into your life.
#selfawareness
Your inner world is a magnet; the state of your inner world shapes who is drawn into your life.
#selfawareness
Whatever hardship is on us, we create it.
For individuals and societies alike: whatever or whoever we suffer from, we bring into our lives through our actions, behavior, thoughts, and choices.
What we experience is the world reflecting it back.
#selfawareness
For individuals and societies alike: whatever or whoever we suffer from, we bring into our lives through our actions, behavior, thoughts, and choices.
What we experience is the world reflecting it back.
#selfawareness
September 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Whatever hardship is on us, we create it.
For individuals and societies alike: whatever or whoever we suffer from, we bring into our lives through our actions, behavior, thoughts, and choices.
What we experience is the world reflecting it back.
#selfawareness
For individuals and societies alike: whatever or whoever we suffer from, we bring into our lives through our actions, behavior, thoughts, and choices.
What we experience is the world reflecting it back.
#selfawareness
Our constant search for validation in others comes from not knowing how to find it within ourselves.
We don’t truly know ourselves, and we weren't taught to find acceptance within.
More fundamentally, we believe there are others separate from us whose acceptance we need.
#selfawareness
We don’t truly know ourselves, and we weren't taught to find acceptance within.
More fundamentally, we believe there are others separate from us whose acceptance we need.
#selfawareness
September 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Our constant search for validation in others comes from not knowing how to find it within ourselves.
We don’t truly know ourselves, and we weren't taught to find acceptance within.
More fundamentally, we believe there are others separate from us whose acceptance we need.
#selfawareness
We don’t truly know ourselves, and we weren't taught to find acceptance within.
More fundamentally, we believe there are others separate from us whose acceptance we need.
#selfawareness
We exist to be the hands of the higher self, to fill a gap in the world, to contribute wherever work is needed, whether in people’s inner worlds or in building the world around us.
#inspiration
#inspiration
September 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
We exist to be the hands of the higher self, to fill a gap in the world, to contribute wherever work is needed, whether in people’s inner worlds or in building the world around us.
#inspiration
#inspiration
The emotion awakened by the musical instrument is hidden within it, for it comes from the one who is the source of the feeling.
What we hear through the strings is that source's own love and longing.
#selfawareness
What we hear through the strings is that source's own love and longing.
#selfawareness
September 9, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The emotion awakened by the musical instrument is hidden within it, for it comes from the one who is the source of the feeling.
What we hear through the strings is that source's own love and longing.
#selfawareness
What we hear through the strings is that source's own love and longing.
#selfawareness
September 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
There is a greater, universal intelligence, and we grasp only a fraction of it.
We assume we understand enough to judge outcomes.
We're wiser when we stop exhausting ourselves by constantly interpreting them and simply do our best to improve things with what we understand.
#selfawareness
We assume we understand enough to judge outcomes.
We're wiser when we stop exhausting ourselves by constantly interpreting them and simply do our best to improve things with what we understand.
#selfawareness
September 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
There is a greater, universal intelligence, and we grasp only a fraction of it.
We assume we understand enough to judge outcomes.
We're wiser when we stop exhausting ourselves by constantly interpreting them and simply do our best to improve things with what we understand.
#selfawareness
We assume we understand enough to judge outcomes.
We're wiser when we stop exhausting ourselves by constantly interpreting them and simply do our best to improve things with what we understand.
#selfawareness
Anything that comes to mind as something you want for yourself comes because it is within the realm of possibility, as long as you’re willing to do what it takes to make it happen.
#selfawareness
#selfawareness
September 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Anything that comes to mind as something you want for yourself comes because it is within the realm of possibility, as long as you’re willing to do what it takes to make it happen.
#selfawareness
#selfawareness
The most powerful prayer is not asking for anything.
It is returning to yourself; to the place where your breath comes to rest, to the center of your being.
When you achieve that inner unity, what you seek comes to you.
#mindfulness
It is returning to yourself; to the place where your breath comes to rest, to the center of your being.
When you achieve that inner unity, what you seek comes to you.
#mindfulness
August 22, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The most powerful prayer is not asking for anything.
It is returning to yourself; to the place where your breath comes to rest, to the center of your being.
When you achieve that inner unity, what you seek comes to you.
#mindfulness
It is returning to yourself; to the place where your breath comes to rest, to the center of your being.
When you achieve that inner unity, what you seek comes to you.
#mindfulness
One of our core needs is to grow and renew ourselves.
When we ignore it and repeat our routines without growing, boredom sets in.
That discomfort makes us drift away from ourselves, and we turn to habits or addictions to escape it.
It all starts by ignoring what we truly feel.
#selfawareness
When we ignore it and repeat our routines without growing, boredom sets in.
That discomfort makes us drift away from ourselves, and we turn to habits or addictions to escape it.
It all starts by ignoring what we truly feel.
#selfawareness
August 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM
One of our core needs is to grow and renew ourselves.
When we ignore it and repeat our routines without growing, boredom sets in.
That discomfort makes us drift away from ourselves, and we turn to habits or addictions to escape it.
It all starts by ignoring what we truly feel.
#selfawareness
When we ignore it and repeat our routines without growing, boredom sets in.
That discomfort makes us drift away from ourselves, and we turn to habits or addictions to escape it.
It all starts by ignoring what we truly feel.
#selfawareness
We give our attention to work, money, family, health, friends, entertainment; to almost everything around us.
But we leave ourselves unattended.
Our true home, deep within us, remains empty. Our deepest hunger is for our own attention.
#selfawareness
But we leave ourselves unattended.
Our true home, deep within us, remains empty. Our deepest hunger is for our own attention.
#selfawareness
August 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
We give our attention to work, money, family, health, friends, entertainment; to almost everything around us.
But we leave ourselves unattended.
Our true home, deep within us, remains empty. Our deepest hunger is for our own attention.
#selfawareness
But we leave ourselves unattended.
Our true home, deep within us, remains empty. Our deepest hunger is for our own attention.
#selfawareness
What we call “being in love” is simply affection or infatuation; feelings that fade when they stop meeting our expectations.
True love doesn’t fade; it isn’t dependent on expectations. It arises from the love within our depths, and because it’s from the source, it never wanes.
#selfawareness
True love doesn’t fade; it isn’t dependent on expectations. It arises from the love within our depths, and because it’s from the source, it never wanes.
#selfawareness
August 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
What we call “being in love” is simply affection or infatuation; feelings that fade when they stop meeting our expectations.
True love doesn’t fade; it isn’t dependent on expectations. It arises from the love within our depths, and because it’s from the source, it never wanes.
#selfawareness
True love doesn’t fade; it isn’t dependent on expectations. It arises from the love within our depths, and because it’s from the source, it never wanes.
#selfawareness
Doing what is right and fair, even when it seems against your immediate interest, will always serve you better in the long run.
#selfhelp
#selfhelp
August 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Doing what is right and fair, even when it seems against your immediate interest, will always serve you better in the long run.
#selfhelp
#selfhelp
The absence of true love is the root of our every act that goes against our humanity.
Without it, we just give in to our raw impulses.
True love is what lets us rise above them and live from a higher place within ourselves.
#selflove
Without it, we just give in to our raw impulses.
True love is what lets us rise above them and live from a higher place within ourselves.
#selflove
August 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The absence of true love is the root of our every act that goes against our humanity.
Without it, we just give in to our raw impulses.
True love is what lets us rise above them and live from a higher place within ourselves.
#selflove
Without it, we just give in to our raw impulses.
True love is what lets us rise above them and live from a higher place within ourselves.
#selflove
Everything we do is driven by a need for acceptance.
We seek that acceptance either by doing things people respect or by doing things they disapprove of.
Even bad behavior comes from a belief that it will somehow bring acceptance.
#selfawareness
We seek that acceptance either by doing things people respect or by doing things they disapprove of.
Even bad behavior comes from a belief that it will somehow bring acceptance.
#selfawareness
August 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Everything we do is driven by a need for acceptance.
We seek that acceptance either by doing things people respect or by doing things they disapprove of.
Even bad behavior comes from a belief that it will somehow bring acceptance.
#selfawareness
We seek that acceptance either by doing things people respect or by doing things they disapprove of.
Even bad behavior comes from a belief that it will somehow bring acceptance.
#selfawareness
It’s not a higher power; it’s you who needs convincing that you deserve what you’re asking for.
Your true self has the power to give you anything you want, but only if it deems you deserving of it.
#selfawareness #inspiration
Your true self has the power to give you anything you want, but only if it deems you deserving of it.
#selfawareness #inspiration
August 14, 2026 at 6:37 AM
It’s not a higher power; it’s you who needs convincing that you deserve what you’re asking for.
Your true self has the power to give you anything you want, but only if it deems you deserving of it.
#selfawareness #inspiration
Your true self has the power to give you anything you want, but only if it deems you deserving of it.
#selfawareness #inspiration
Our inner self needs us to live in ways that let us trust, respect, and appreciate ourselves.
In the absence of these, it grows unsatisfied and begins to starve.
To escape that pain, we abandon our true self and seek relief by numbing ourselves with indulgence and stimulation.
#selfawareness
In the absence of these, it grows unsatisfied and begins to starve.
To escape that pain, we abandon our true self and seek relief by numbing ourselves with indulgence and stimulation.
#selfawareness
August 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Our inner self needs us to live in ways that let us trust, respect, and appreciate ourselves.
In the absence of these, it grows unsatisfied and begins to starve.
To escape that pain, we abandon our true self and seek relief by numbing ourselves with indulgence and stimulation.
#selfawareness
In the absence of these, it grows unsatisfied and begins to starve.
To escape that pain, we abandon our true self and seek relief by numbing ourselves with indulgence and stimulation.
#selfawareness