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Lesson 9
Many years ago, I learned a key lesson of life: Nothing will happen until I take the first step. I must show up and report for duty. Utilizing Grace’s path carries a similar command: Follow it. What I may think or feel has no direct bearing when confronting my Self. Progress is strictly based on what I do. That reformulated approach required the creation of a new roadmap, one without Self-imposed detours. Through my willingness to face each challenge as presented, I could secure the necessary keys to open each locked door before me.
Lesson 10
Human drama has been a feature in my life thanks to my role as its principal actor. Sometimes I cast myself in life’s comedy/tragedy; sometimes others assign me a designated part to play. Either way, once the curtain opens, my Self takes centerstage. Furthermore, my lines are memorized given my intimate familiarity with the character I play, whether hero or villain. I then act out the same old drama with my Self as thewriter/director.
Lesson 11
Grace As Honesty: The Confessional’s Value. I can never become genuinely honest with others until I first become honest with myself about how I operate. My need to blame has been based on my Self’s inability to accept responsibility for my life’s resulting darkness. Rather than examining the truth, my Self hides it, keeping previous transgressions under lock and key. My Self insists that revealing my darkest secrets will invite condemnation.
Lesson 12
The Process of Becoming Known . Courage becamethe crucial key Ineeded to scrutinize my Self’s choices. I may appear as a bold man on the outside but feel like a scaredy cat on the inside. This codependent pussy would need a ton of courage to examine the multiple ways my Self has kept the true me hidden. As someone who looked repulsive, I had assembled a variety of masks to hide behind. Grace’s first steps required me to become brave enough to remove them.
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Going head-to-head against my Self is something of a chess match. It requires intense concentration to see the moves I need to make while keeping track of a constantly changing game board. The competition is especially daunting due to facing a much stronger opponent, one which has repeatedly whipped me into submission. This time around, rather than engage, I would follow a strategy of attrition. One by one, I had to remove my Self’s most effective pieces off the board. So long as they remained in play, my Self could keep me in check.
Lesson 13
Detach Labels Before Using. Along with my Self’s aversion to change, it is equally uncomfortable with something new. Thisappliesespecially to anything which might challenge its dominating worldview. Instantly, my Self labels such newness as a negative even if only due to unfamiliarity.The introduction of something outside of its own narrowly defined perspective is viewed as oppositional rather than beneficial. My Self’s a priori justification for applying a negative or restrictive label works as follows:
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