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A Case of Mistaken Identity: Mistakenly believing in a false sense of self causes problems

Sun, 2009-12-13 14:07 — Robyn

...Ego-identity requires constant maintenance. We have to push away any experience that contradicts our sense of ourselves. We try to hold on to the experiences that support it. We ignore the rest. It is quite exhausting. Energy that we could be using more creatively is, instead, being used to keep a false sense of ourselves going.

Not only does it use up a lot of energy, maintaining a mistaken sense of self also means restricting our lives to those things that support ego. We may become uncomfortable or afraid when we consider doing something inconsistent with our false sense of self. For example, we say, "Oh I could never do that. That wouldn't be me." The more we do that, the smaller our world becomes.

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