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SacrificeTwo factors contribute to our ability to live according to the
truth: perception of the truth, and willingness to sacrifice when
we are aware that we do not yet perceive the whole truth. First
of all, to see the truth about the self is to recognize that the
self as we know it, is not as fundamental, is not as real, is
not as important, as we take it to be. The self, the way we think
of it, is ultimately a construct. It is a self-image based fundamentally
on the body. The self-image is the most superficial part of us,
the skin of who we are. When we see the truth, we recognize that
our nature, the depth of our reality, is the truth itself. So
to live for the truth is in some sense living for the self, but
not what we think of as the self, which is the worldly self. If
you see the truth, to live for self and for the truth is not two
things, but one. My true self is not separate from the nature
of the universe and also is not separate from your true self.
It is the nature of existence. If I take an action that is real,
it will serve me and you at the same time without my thinking
about me or you, because the reality is the reality of all of
us. So to sacrifice your life means to take real action, to do
what is correct and objective. It is to do the right thing at
the moment, which has nothing to do with serving you or me. It
is to serve the truth that is the nature of you and me and beyond.
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