How We Define Ourselves

On a recent visit to the east coast I took a few books to read on the plane or as time allows.  One of them was a very interesting book that talked about how one might answer the question "Who Are You?".  There are some fascinating passages in this book that need to be contemplated upon over and over again since our modern daily lives have a strange impact that can wipe off the wisdom gained via reading such passages.  

Or perhaps as this poem by Persian Sufi mystic and poet Rumi put it -- that I wrote about sometime ago --  one can say that our minds are like mirrors and our daily experiences are like dust that cover these mirrors so that we can't faithfully see the reality.  

At any rate, the book I am talking about is No Boundary by Ken Wilber. Here is an interesting passage from the preface:

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