When we were little, we thought our bodies were who we are.
When we grew up, we thought the thoughts in our heads were who we are.
After we experienced life, we thought there were two selves in our heads. There was another self who was always fearful, angry, greedy, jealous, vain, lazy, and proud. He often argued with the other self. We began to feel anxious, internally consumed, irritable, and depressed. Many people spend most of their lives shrouded in this emotion.
After meditation, sitting in meditation, spiritual training, and enlightenment, a third self will appear in our brains. This is the wise self, who will look down on the quarrels between the first two selves in the brain and calm them down. Identify what I can change and what I need to accept as unchangeable.
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Sounds like you read the Abolition of Man.
Thank you for sharing, I haven't read this book yet.
This is what I realized after finishing my meditation today.
Not there yet but I made the mental note of what you said.
Thank you.
I'm on this path too.
I now realise there are so many parts of me that live inside me. My inner child, teenager, protector, punisher... To name just a few.
I'm working on guiding each of my parts from the perspective of my higher /wiser self.
Oh, this is a life long journey? 😅😂
Yes. Life is a process of spiritual and physical cultivation.
When we took 6gm of shroom, we realized that there is no self at all
Shrooms, destructor of ego!