Becoming your own frame of reference.
Perceiving a reality all assume is shared.
Orchestrating the way the world responds to you.
How alternate aspects of identity affect your moods.
The nature of remembered experience.
The higher self.
| p215 | The tantalizing excitements that may once have formed the focus of your life begin to seem hollow and pointless and reveal themselves as avenues to ego-gratification. They are the reference points in a world that is based upon pleasuring the self and cultivating the favor of others. They are goals that may once have seemed attainable through the application of a lifetime of toil and shrewd strategy. Yet, once attained, all appear shallow and empty. |