A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Castration
Cathedral
Cathexis
Central Narcissism
Cessation
Chakras
Change
Child
Child Identity
Christian Virtues
Citadel
Clarification
Clear Essence
Clear Light
Cognition
Cognitive Process
Commanding Self
Commitment
Compassion
Completeness
Compulsion
Concepts
Conceptualizing
Conditioning
Consciousness
Contact
Contentment
Contraction
Conventional Self
Cosmic Consciousness
Cosmic Hole
Creation
Creativity
Creator of Form
Curiosity

Conventional Self

The following structure defines the conventional experience of the self:

• We are identified with a particular self-representation
• We experience ourselves within and through this self-representation
• This self representation is related to an object or objects
• The set of object relations, that is, self-representations in relation to object representations, constitutes the object world of the self, and determines the entire worldview. (The Point of Existence, pg 108)

 

 

We need to structure and develop the totality of our lives in a way that is sensitive to and supportive of our realization and our deepening development. Otherwise, our lives will support the ego-self, for the structures and habits and relationships of our lives have developed as extensions and expressions of the conventional self, the self we were before the deepening of our experience and understanding. (Inner Journey Home)

 

 

In this situation the subject is the conventional self and the object of perception is the presence of Truth. We might feel this presence to be our truth, but it remains an object. This level of essential experience retains the perspective of the conventional self. We might relate to the presence of Truth as if it is something we possess. But for the self to believe it “possesses” Being is like the body believing it possesses protoplasm. Since this belief is untrue it will tend to disconnect the self from its essential nature, because Truth is an aspect of this essential nature. (The point of Existence)