When I tried to be someone I am not.... According to Buddha, life is not as it appears to us. According to Shakespeare, the whole world is a stage, and we are only the actors in it. We all try to present ourselves as well as possible to the outside world. In doing so, we bend ourselves, because we want to please other people. In any case, we present ourselves in such a way that we believe we can impress others. But this is wrong. When we meet a person we want to get to know his real personality, not to experience the role he plays. What we want from others, others want from us. We want to experience the real person, not his (self-chosen) role. But it takes a lot of courage to show one's true personality openly. In former times, when I still had "dates", it was very difficult to stand by my mistakes, I tried to "sell" myself as good as possible. This has always avenged itself, I could not hide my true "I" in the long run. ONE DAY EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD, THAT IS OUR HOPE TODAY EVERYTHING IS FINE, THAT IS OUR ILLUSION - VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET) - FRENCH PHILOSOPHER - 1694 TO 1778 It is as it is, it comes as it must come. Things have the habit to hide themselves from us, then come to light with a big bang, have always come in the end as they had to come. But revealing one's true personality requires knowing it. "Who am I" is the question of all questions. So I ask my readers: "who are you"? Yes, exactly you, "who are you really"? If you know who you are, you don't have to try to be someone you are not! The matter of "enlightenment" can be so simple when you question yourself. "So who am I?" The music is not in the notes. But in the silence in between - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer of the Viennese classical period - 1756 to 1791 I believe that the universe is subject to the laws of science. These may have been created by God, but God does not intervene to break these rules. - Stephen Hawking - British theoretical physicist - 1942 to 2018 Nothing is more obvious than that nature hates reason - Oscar Wilde - Irish writer - 1854 to 1900 Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de (Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores) Please rate us on Apple, Google, or Spotify podcast to help us promote the show