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On Self And Self-Image

A man lives his entire life for others. He lives his entire life for himself. Both are one and the same.

For man lives under the deepest of spells. The spell of self-image.

For the whole of his life, He will live enslaved to this image. He will attempt to improve it, polish it, project it, and aggrandize it.

What others think of him will be of the utmost importance. Though he may deny it until his dying day. It cannot be otherwise. For in Truth, where there is a self-image, There must be self-consciousness.

Society tells him that it matters not what others think of him, That it matters only what he thinks of himself. Let it be known that a man who thinks anything of himself Cannot help but be concerned by what others think of him.

Man seeks to have pleasure Without the pain. He seeks ego With humility. He seeks the up Without the down. He seeks hope Without disappointment. He seeks attachment Without suffering.

Due to his failed understandings, He seeks that which does not exist.

The Mind is not man’s shelter from society. It is his internalization of it.

Where there is wisdom There is peace. Where there is Truth There is freedom.

Wise is he who comes to recognize that neither he or his thoughts contain any significance. Wise is he who comes to realize the depth of his unimportance. Wise is he who sees this as Truth, rather than humility.

There is not a thing that a man does That he does not imagine how it will appear in the eyes of the world. He is forever on a desperate hunt For validation and praise.

Why is this so?

Because, no matter the empty words that society parrots, A man is never enough in his own eyes. For where there is a self, There will always be a deficiency.

Society’s greatest evil Is in setting man upon a course that moves in endless circles. In setting man upon a journey that is based upon untruth. It is for this reason that man has been told, on the one hand, that he should improve. And, on the other hand, that he is enough just as he is.

No matter how much a man may improve, He can never be enough. He will never be able to remove every grain of dust from the ocean. He will never be able to remove every streak of smoke from the sky.

A man does not improve himself, He improves only his self-image.

The intelligent man is nothing without the unintelligent. The successful man is nothing without the unsuccessful. Were there no such validation in society . . . Were there no one before whom to demonstrate one’s intelligence, Intelligence loses its value.

Self-image is the structure and the scaffolding Upon which man’s entire life is constructed. It is for this reason that he lives his life on shaky ground. Forever subject to the winds and the tremors of circumstance.

The man who genuinely arrives at an indifference toward the self Experiences the steady retreat of involuntary thought. His dependency upon the world begins to fade. All that he once sought in the name of penance and spirituality, Begins to arrive at his doorstep.

The Truth is that nothing is attained by seeking it.

In becoming indifferent to the self, There is no longer anyone to impress. No one to need from. No one to depend upon.

Pleasure begins to lose its charm. Anxiety begins to loosen its hold.

All things having disappeared, He finds himself in the unfamiliar yet intoxicating feeling That there is nothing to do.

The cocoon of the moment . . . The thing he has been instructed to chase for his entire life Now becomes his easiest of companions. All the falsehoods having been removed, It is the only thing that remains.

Namaste.

Kapil Gupta Kapil Gupta is a personal advisor to CEO’s, Professional Athletes, Celebrities, and Performing Artists around the world. His books include: Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God A Master’s Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living Direct Truth: Uncompromising, nonprescriptive truths to the enduring questions of life Share this...

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