This chart evolved out of brainstorms in several consciousness study groups.
It seeks to provide a sense of the difference between these two distinct experiences of life…
It is a choice!
| False Self | Authentic Self |
|---|---|
| ALWAYS ALREADY KNOWS EVERYTHING | WANTING TO KNOW AND FIND OUT — ever inquiring |
| Separation creates buffer zones | Touched to the core — Pierce by life — no defense — communion |
| Stiffness | Flexibility — Fluidity |
| Self-concern | No self-concern |
| Sleepy or wired to the top | Ease and Alert |
| False peace | True peace |
| Want to blend | Willing to stand for truth |
| Re-active | Active and pro-active |
| Fear | Love and fearlessness |
| Anxiousness | Trust |
| Small context | Infinite context |
| Limited | Ever evolving and expansive |
| Boring / habitual | Ever new — interesting — surprise |
| Very personal | Beyond the personal |
| Needs time/space/past | No time /space — NOW — timelessness |
| Uses time as an excuse for non-action | Passionate urgency |
| Never wants change | IS change /perpetual change |
| Lives for itself | Lives for the sake of the whole — Purpose beyond self |
| Immature and puerile | Maturity and child-like |
| Never Satisfied — consumption | Abundance |
| Profit for self — desire | Service for the whole |
| Needs and greed | Service — compassion — care — Gives freely |
| Victim | Victorious |
| Arrogance | Humility — reverence — Awe |
| Divided / fractured | Completion / wholeness |
| Lack of Integrity | Integrity |
| Does not want to participate in selfless events or actions | Always ready to participate for the good of all |
| No Commitment | Committed |
| Head only | HEART & MIND connection |
| Impure/selfish motive — Seeks always only for itself | Pure motive — Always expressing the Higher Truth — Purity |
| Force/manipulation | Unfolding |
| Mortal / No future | Immortal / Evolving Future |
| Control | Surrender |
| Untrustworthy | Trustworthy |
| Force — weak | Power — strong |
| My opinion | TRUTH |
| Untrustworthy because motive is selfish | Absolutely trustworthy as motive is selfless |
| Contradictory | Consistent |
| Self-preoccupied | Listening and attentive |
| Defensive — weak — the world is out to get you | Vulnerable, naked and open |
| Self-created | Invocation — co-creation |
| Judgment | Discernment |
| Mask — murky | Clear — lucid — transparent |
| Blaze — cynical — sarcastic | Passionate — enthusiastic |
| False sense of security | Poise on the edge of the unknown |
| Makes things complicated | Simple and clear |
| Heavy and frivolous | Serious and playful |
| Survival — force | Effortless — grace filled |
| Fake specialness | True oneness in diversity |
| Illusion | Truth |
| Life negating | Life affirming |
| Control and Chaos | Chaordic |
| MY WILL | THY WILL |
In every moment WE make the Choice between FALSE and AUTHENTIC SELF