exposing your own bs
I made a big connection recently, it happened when my therapist asked me to describe my ideal self my image of myself when I complete my self-improvement and as I began to list out all these general terms, from books and videos that vie read. I came across a realization that bite me. It was that my “goal” or “ideal” was illusionary. It will never be real. Furthermore, my subconscious is using this imaginary goal image of myself as a way to say to me that when I become his person , I will give you the confidence to be free. Which is a subtle way of it holding me back and putting me down by telling me that I am not good right now.
Vince, having an adequate self-image, desiring to be a better person, and building a better you is not necessarily egotistical, wrong, or bullshit. It all depends on where you are coming from. Are you coming from a place where you are doing it because you are attached to how you would like other people perceive you? Or are you expressing your true self?
You would probably benefit HUGELY from reading a book called Psycho-cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Actually The New Psycho-cybernetics on audiobook is even better, as it's an updated version. The original was published in the 1960's.
Vince, having an adequate self-image, desiring to be a better person, and building a better you is not necessarily egotistical, wrong, or bullshit. It all depends on where you are coming from. Are you coming from a place where you are doing it because you are attached to how you would like other people perceive you? Or are you expressing your true self?You would probably benefit HUGELY from reading a book called Psycho-cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Actually The New Psycho-cybernetics on audiobook is even better, as it's an updated version. The original was published in the 1960's.
What I've got from reading Tolle is that there is nothing wrong with having an ideal self image and desire to improve, as long as it doesn't become a mental movie that takes over the moment.