What to expect in this episode:
- Huston Smith Said, “The Self is Too Small for Perpetual Enthusiasm
- What makes us miserable and stuck as human beings, is that we’re stuck in ourselves
- Path to Growth is to get out of the Self
The Self is Just Too Small…
Huston Smith has this quote, “That the self is too small for perpetual enthusiasm” It’s a lot of words, but if you think about it, he’s talking about the Path to Growth and the Path to Enlightenment, that what makes us miserable and stuck as human beings, is that we’re stuck in ourselves.
When I’m in myself, thinking about myself, you know 15 hours a day, my needs, my wants, my desires, etc., etc., I’m not happy right.
He says that the “Path to Growth is to get out of the Self”, right.
Why?
Because I’m just too small to stay jazzed about and if I can’t get into your life, for my kid’s life, for my wife’s life, or my community or the world, well then, I’m stuck, so that little phrase, “The Self is too small for perpetual enthusiasm” always rang true with me.
