The strange non-life of the false self

 

The human being suffers a kind of spiritual amnesia produced by having assumed a false identity without knowing it. How is that possible?

This temporary false self feels real. There is no mistake in that! It is animated and driven by the avalanche of reactions we get as we run for satisfaction. But the fact that this lower nature is driven does not mean that it is alive.

An excavator is moving too, but cannot see or understand why it is hitting things. It's a machine. Thus, in many ways, it is the false self.

The false self is fueled by negative emotional reactions which, in turn, are maintained by habitual incorrect thinking. Because these punishing thoughts and emotions are simply the mechanical movements of our lower nature, they are "in time." This means that they have no choice but to fade with the events that gave birth to them. As these negative feelings slowly lose their strength, so does the false life of the false self that they once animated.

Fearing the death of itself because the temporary reactions that gave it life are now fading, the false self is forced to begin its strange cycle of non-life anew. You begin to desire and seek new and more intense excitements or problems; And when it can't find any, it builds what it needs to stay until conditions become more favorable.

For example, the false self loves to fight with others, because whether you win or lose is not important to him. Your heartbreak is the lifeblood of your life, so all you need to do to win is keep fighting. In fact, the false me is the master at making mountains out of a molehill, because nothing loves more than dark and bumpy downhill ธรรมชาติสุดแปลก.

Our unhappy part in this recurring nightmare is that we willingly follow this dark urge that leads to repetitive events and unhappy endings. Why? Because we have mistakenly assumed this false identity that lives off problems, and we fear that the end of its existence means the end of ours. Could not be farther from the truth.

The real problem is that our current standard of living cannot differentiate between a trip to Dracula's Castle and a trip to Disneyland, so it tells us that we have no choice but to give in to the demands of the false self. This single point is the only reason in the world to spend your days raising your standard of living. If this fact doesn't convince you to go to work, let the following idea inspire you to new and higher actions. To think that the end of this nervous nature is the end of who you really are, as Vernon Howard writes so beautifully, as to think that the end of the storm means the end of heaven.