The Illusion of Our False Self
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The Illusion of Our False Self
If we could meet our flesh, our false self—if we could witness its constant unruliness and even play back an audio/video of its atrocities—we would be speechless. Appalled. If we truly saw it, we would go to extravagant measures to wrestle it back into its padded cell and make sure it stayed there. Why would we feel that way? Because the false self
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Before the reality of God we learn to become still and to let the frenzy of our identity cease. Who I am is not known in my goals and accomplishments, comparisons and judgments, fears and anxieties, etc. Those are the busy efforts of a corpse that seeks to create the illusion of reality. Who I am is a mystery that has largely escaped my notice. It
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