Ghosts of Time...
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Anyway I was just googling for fun and I came across this. I'm sure there have been plenty of books/philosophy written on this topic...but Dr. Phil tops them all. (Please know that I am kidding)
ahhheeeeeehemmm: Self Matters
Are you living a life that is more in tune with your "authentic" self (who you were created to be) or your "fictional" self (who the world has told you to be)?
Authentic Self
When you're asked, "Who are you?" what is your answer? "I'm a mom." "I'm a doctor." "I live in Ohio." Often the answer is not who you are, but what you do, what your social station is, or how you see your function in life. You can't answer who you are, because you don't know.
There is another level of existence that is the real, true, genuine substance of who you are. It's what Dr. Phil defines as the authentic self.
The authentic self is the you that can be found at your absolute core. It is the part of you not defined by your job, function or role. It is the composite of all your skills, talents and wisdom. It is all of the things that are uniquely yours and need expression, rather than what you believe you are supposed to be and do.
Fictional Self
When you're not living faithfully to your authentic self, you find yourself feeling incomplete, as if there is a hole in your soul. You may have found that it's easier to fill the roles your family and friends expect of you, rather than becoming who you really want to be. Living this way drains you of the critical life energy you need to pursue the things you truly value.
When you live a life that has you ignoring your true gifts and talents while performing assigned or inherited roles instead, you are living as your fictional self.
The fictional self sends you false information about who you are and what you should be doing with your life. It blocks the information you need in order to maintain the connection with your authentic identity. Relying on information from the fictional self means you're putting your trust in a broken compass.
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What if my "authentic self" is an unemployed vagrant who considers "having fun" a full time job? Dr. Phil---or shall I say Dr. Pill, thinks he can get away with vague terms like "core self." Apparently this guy's book Don't Love Dumb, Love Smart is #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers, under what category? How to point out the obvious??? I'm in my early 20s and I can feel my midlife crisis coming on already. Most of the other 20 some year olds I know consider themselves to be "lost." It's only gonna get worse because as we get older, we get more complacent and exhausted. My compass is like Jack's in Pirates 2, it just keeps spinning without ever making a full stop. In a world where money makes the world go round, you do the best you can. AND logically speaking, you have to be lost in order to be found...Ain't that a beautiful fact?
Anyway I was just googling for fun and I came across this. I'm sure there have been plenty of books/philosophy written on this topic...but Dr. Phil tops them all. (Please know that I am kidding)
ahhheeeeeehemmm: Self Matters
Are you living a life that is more in tune with your "authentic" self (who you were created to be) or your "fictional" self (who the world has told you to be)?
Authentic Self
When you're asked, "Who are you?" what is your answer? "I'm a mom." "I'm a doctor." "I live in Ohio." Often the answer is not who you are, but what you do, what your social station is, or how you see your function in life. You can't answer who you are, because you don't know.
There is another level of existence that is the real, true, genuine substance of who you are. It's what Dr. Phil defines as the authentic self.
The authentic self is the you that can be found at your absolute core. It is the part of you not defined by your job, function or role. It is the composite of all your skills, talents and wisdom. It is all of the things that are uniquely yours and need expression, rather than what you believe you are supposed to be and do.
Fictional Self
When you're not living faithfully to your authentic self, you find yourself feeling incomplete, as if there is a hole in your soul. You may have found that it's easier to fill the roles your family and friends expect of you, rather than becoming who you really want to be. Living this way drains you of the critical life energy you need to pursue the things you truly value.
When you live a life that has you ignoring your true gifts and talents while performing assigned or inherited roles instead, you are living as your fictional self.
The fictional self sends you false information about who you are and what you should be doing with your life. It blocks the information you need in order to maintain the connection with your authentic identity. Relying on information from the fictional self means you're putting your trust in a broken compass.
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What if my "authentic self" is an unemployed vagrant who considers "having fun" a full time job? Dr. Phil---or shall I say Dr. Pill, thinks he can get away with vague terms like "core self." Apparently this guy's book Don't Love Dumb, Love Smart is #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers, under what category? How to point out the obvious??? I'm in my early 20s and I can feel my midlife crisis coming on already. Most of the other 20 some year olds I know consider themselves to be "lost." It's only gonna get worse because as we get older, we get more complacent and exhausted. My compass is like Jack's in Pirates 2, it just keeps spinning without ever making a full stop. In a world where money makes the world go round, you do the best you can. AND logically speaking, you have to be lost in order to be found...Ain't that a beautiful fact?
posted by Mix at 1:31 AM
1 Comments:
I actually think Dr. Phil makes a good point, although I'm doubtful as to whether or not he came up with it himself.
It reminds me a lot of one of my favorite books "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle.
However there was a slight difference, Dr. Phil says the true self "is the composite of all your skills, talents and wisdom", but Tolle says your true self is not that, it is something even deeper than that.
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