Sunday, May 24, 2026

The true self

There is someone who sees in the secret.

One part of you notices when you have done something wrong. This part could be called The Judge. He or she also notices when you occasionally do a good deed, give a coin to a beggar, for example, and you feel proud of yourself.

Other parts of you are silencing the inner judge by spinning endless bullshit stories, excuses, and rationalizations. These parts are so loud and domineering that The Judge cannot be heard and is eventually forgotten. 

Your true self is a mixture. One part is the culprit, one part is the defense attorney, and one part is the judge. One part is a fool, one part is a smart ass, one part is a lazy slouch, one part is kind and gentle, one part is a nervous wreck, one part is upright, one part is realistic, and so forth. All these different parts make up your true self, as I see it. None of them is false.

Your true self may be hypocritical, jealous, or selfish at the moment, but you hide it from both other people and from yourself. The mask you may have to put on is your false self, but this part also belongs to you. It is also real.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_self_and_false_self

Matthew 6:2 "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


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