Let a man lift himself by himself; let it not degrade himself; for the self alone is the friend of the self and the self alone is the enemy of the self.
Dhammapada;’ The self is the lord of the self; the self is the goal of self.’ The supreme is within us.it is consciousness underlying the ordinary individualized consciousness of everyday life but incommensurable with it. the two are different in kind, though the supreme is realizable by one who is prepared to lose his life in order to save it. for the most part we are unaware of the self because our attention is engaged by objects which we like or dislike.we must get away from them ,to become aware the divine in us. if we do not realize the pointlessness