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One of the biggest problems nowadays is getting at your True Self; in a world which is characterised by innumerable schemes and devices for erecting and maintaining a False Self - underneath which the True one may be buried so deep as to be all-but cut-off from contact with the outside world; creating a situation when a person's responses and actions are (so far as can be seen) wholly dictated by superficial and artificial processes.
Yet we, each of us, absolutely need to get at our True Self, because it is that which is our indispensable guide in living.
How, then, to get at this True Self?
1. Know that it is there. Know that there is a True Self; and know also that there is a near 100 percent certainty that it will be almost inaccessible to you - and that you are currently operating on the basis of a False Self which has been elaborated through later childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
2. Know the general properties of this True Self. These are two-fold: it is your eternal and proto-divine essence; and it is God within you, which became joined with your personal essence when you were made as a Son or Daughter of God.
3. Be able to recognise your True Self - this is less quick, less easy; and involves experiencing the True Self as providing you with discernment of the heart - your deepest and realest judgement.
4. Trial & Error, inspiration and intuition, reflection and the results; to discover your personal best methods of connecting with your True Self.
5. Practise the best methods so you can use them as and when required.
6. Use the True Self. It is the one essential - as well as the most powerful, flexible and reliable - 'tool for living' at your disposal. You certainly need it to get started in a spiritual life; at the minimum to identify for yourself the primary source of authority, wisdom, valid experience and example. And once you have located this primary source - matters become easier, faster, more secure.
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2 comments:
I noticed the Boromirosphere absolutely hates the phrase "Be Yourself." On one hand, they recognize the phrase, as understood, lets people be content with their false self. On the other hand, it is all just a play to create another false self.
Your true self is influenced by where you came from and how you got here, both in an eternal and in an earthly sense. A seven-generation chart of your ancestry has over 100 ancestral names, 126 by my count. Each of those persons had an important influence on our life, providing you part of your DNA and a part of your culture, yet for the most part we don't know them. They may be the 100 most important people in your life you have never met.
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