Sentence examples for material self from inspiring English sources

Such a patient is suffering anxiety over the illusion that something has injured his "true self," when the gash has only happened to his "material self," Ms. Odegaard said.

Rules govern proper teahouse dress, right down to the type of knot on the sash that fastens a kimono, and they determine how much distance the guests must leave between each other on the walk from garden to tea room (because they need "the appropriate personal space," Riccardi explains, "to transition from their material self to their spiritual persona").

The material "self" would be nothing more than a worm in dirt.

Far more popular today is the mystical notion that fasting is a means towards transcending, if but for a brief time, the material self in the hope of attaining a deeper awareness of the Divine.

Thus materialism, as the belief in "material, self-existent things" is thoroughly undermined: the "consistent Materialistic view thus changes around, therefore, into a consistently idealistic view" (Lange 1873 75, 3 215, 223).

But, Father Wauck said, it reminds him of Jesus' suffering and moves him away from material self-indulgence.

At its weakest, like the routine about skyping cats, the material self-consciously strains to show how wacky Calman is.

The bonds that form the network are relatively weak, which is what makes the material self-healing.

That's rather different from the invisible hand of material self-interest and consumerism that is supposed to drive the economy forward.

It did not matter that their countries lacked the human material – self-motivated and rationally self-interested individuals – apparently necessary for the pursuit of national wealth and power.

And according to Professor Prokopow, the "Stuff" instructor, "It's this sort of idea of material self-fashioning, a self-curation of life".