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 |
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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