“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.”
― ram dass
“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.” ― ram dass
The higher self, lower self, and the mask coexist within each human being. Our job is to stay open to receive who we are moment to moment, to not reject whatever is within us. In this way we can gradually release the mask, face and transform the lower self, and learn to identify with and express the higher self.
Eva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
So often we deny ourselves and others the full resources of our being simply because we’re in the habit of defining ourselves narrowly and defensively to begin with.
Ram Dass • How Can I Help?: Stories and Reflections on Service
On the one hand, we push away awareness of our simple flawed humanity, with its petty evils, frequent mistakes, common pain, and intense vulnerability. We fear acknowledging our faults and negativities because this awareness shakes up our pride and our identification with the pretenses of the mask. And on the other hand, we fear awakening the expan
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