Defining The Sense of
Self
Short Discourses
Understanding the ways in which personal identity
forms,
and the influence it exerts on our lives
by Adrian
Newington
Introduction
What is The Self?
What Influences and Shapes the Sense of Self?
The Levels Making Up the Psyche
- Physical
- Mental
- Emotional
- Spiritual
Introduction
"Who am
I?"
"Why am I me ?"
"Why aren't I that other person?"
These questions I would often ponder as a young child,
but would dismiss them as silly, un-answerable and definitely not as much fun
as fishing for crabs at the local jetty.
Now that I look back with an adult and refined spiritual
viewpoint, I can see that those questions were indeed quite profound for a
little boy. From this reflection, I make no claim or desire to call myself an
enlightened master or such? it is simply an acknowledgment that such questions
can only come from a pure space. That space being a ?spiritual space? and is
common in uncomplicated childhood.
Such questions are fundamental philosophical inquiries,
which have been asked time and time again by countless individuals, all
expressing the strange need to find an answer to the seemingly unanswerable
mysteries of life.
Having now developed a spiritual and philosophical
approach to living my life, I can see that my efforts have returned me to that
childhood space, but with an ability to see that those questions are not silly
by any means. In fact, the pursuit of these sorts of answers does indeed have
great purpose.
It is my belief that to ask, "Who Am I
?", would have to be one of the most profound questions a person could
ask, and carrying great merit. The merit lies in the potential for an
individual to raise their consciousness above mundane levels thereby allowing a
new spiritual maturity to unfold.
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