self-nature

Updated: June 7, 2025

Those thus freed from works are likewise freed from subtle questionings, such as what the world says "that all things, everywhere, possess a self-nature."

- Sacred Books of the East

And I also am conscious of two worlds. My husband and boys are real to me, and I love them fondly. But there is another world for me, as there is for you, Maskull, and it makes my real world appear all false and vulgar." "Perhaps we are seeking the same thing. But can it be right to satisfy our self-nature at the expense of other people?" "No, it's not right. It is wrong, and base.

David Lindsay - A Voyage to Arcturus