Sublime

THINK—What went through your mind as you read this chapter? REFLECT—What parts of my story could you identify with? What aspects of your story are difficult? UNDERSTAND—When was the last time you thought seriously about the question “Who am I?” What part of answering this question makes you uncomfortable? Excited? Afraid? SURRENDER—Ask God to help

THE secret of my identity is hidden in the love and mercy of God. But whatever is in God is really identical with Him, for His infinite simplicity admits no division and no distinction. Therefore I cannot hope to find myself anywhere except in Him. Ultimately the only way that I can be myself is to become identified with Him in Whom is hidden the

Man is gifted with reason; he is life being aware of itself he has awareness of himself, of his fellow man, of his past, and of the possibilities of his future. This awareness of himself as a separate entity, the awareness of his own short life span, of the fact that without his will he is born and against his will he dies, that he will die before

ego structure—that self-referencing complex of memories, associations, and habitual perceptions that combines with the mind’s planning and reflective capacity to serve as the management system for your physical and emotional well-being.

Ego (the Latin word for “I”) is the unifying center of consciousness, the irreducible core of self-awareness—that which generates and sustains a sense of self, of personal identity. Our ego is not our thoughts, but that which thinks; not our judgments, but that which judges; not our feelings, but that which recognizes feelings; the ultimate witness