Quote About Our "True Self"

"There seems to be two kinds of searchers: those who seek to make their ego something other than it is, i.e. holy, happy, unselfish (as though you could make a fish unfish), and those who understand that all such attempts are just gesticulation and play-acting, that there is only one thing that can be done, which is to disidentify themselves with the ego, by realizing its unreality, and by becoming aware of their eternal identity with pure being." -Wei Wu Wei

True happiness (in the form of peace and joy) comes from separating your core being (true self) from your ego’s desires. This type of happiness is unconditional; nothing outside of you can take it away.