![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Highlights - AirrQuote [(Time 0:37:25)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f510dced53101af509b) - notes:: Eastern and indigenous religions, focus more on the root issue of getting you to be less preoccupied with the self rather than dealing with the symptoms of just making you act on that preoccupation less frequently - AirrQuote [(Time 0:39:21)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f540dced53101af5186) - notes:: The best way to reduce the volume of self thoughts it’s simply take up resources and cause negative emotion is to learn to meditate --- tags: 📥️/🎧️/🟥️ publish: true aliases: - The Curse of the Self cover: '![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png)' general_subject: specific_subject: source: airr isbn: doi: url: 'https://www.airr.io/episode/60f83817ea47a0000f213ac6' author: "[[@The Art of Manliness]]" guest: publish_date: reviewed_date: --- ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Highlights - AirrQuote [(Time 0:37:25)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f510dced53101af509b) - notes:: Eastern and indigenous religions, focus more on the root issue of getting you to be less preoccupied with the self rather than dealing with the symptoms of just making you act on that preoccupation less frequently - AirrQuote [(Time 0:39:21)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f540dced53101af5186) - notes:: The best way to reduce the volume of self thoughts it’s simply take up resources and cause negative emotion is to learn to meditate --- tags: 📥️/🎧️/🟥️ publish: true aliases: - The Curse of the Self cover: '![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png)' general_subject: specific_subject: source: airr isbn: doi: url: 'https://www.airr.io/episode/60f83817ea47a0000f213ac6' author: "[[@The Art of Manliness]]" guest: publish_date: reviewed_date: --- ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Highlights - AirrQuote [(Time 0:37:25)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f510dced53101af509b) - notes:: Eastern and indigenous religions, focus more on the root issue of getting you to be less preoccupied with the self rather than dealing with the symptoms of just making you act on that preoccupation less frequently - AirrQuote [(Time 0:39:21)](https://www.airr.io/quote/63c74f540dced53101af5186) - notes:: The best way to reduce the volume of self thoughts it’s simply take up resources and cause negative emotion is to learn to meditate