Psychic Metabolism
We have seen that metabolism is complete and can lead to the
Personal Essence only when it reaches the stage of absorption.
We also noted that an identification system can become ready for
absorption only when it is completely purged of falsehood. For
an identification system, which is an aspect or expression of
one's personality to be completely purged or purified, the following
is required:
- To see psychological defenses, to understand them and to recognize
that they are false and unnecessary
- To separate the true, in this segment of the ego, from the
false. This means to exactly see, and understand, what actually
happened in the past, and to separate this from those things,
which one still feels and believes but which did not really
occur. For this one must experience the segment of the personality,
and look at the memories of the original object relations, without
defenses and with complete objectivity. One cannot look at oneself
with any prejudice, opinion, attitude, expectation or assumptions
without losing objectivity. One must approach the experience
wanting nothing and expecting nothing. The only motivation that
can work is the innate and spontaneous love of truth for its
own sake. (The Pearl Beyond Price, pg 190)

Psychic metabolism of experience
The understanding of the psychic metabolism of experience seems
to imply that human realization goes from the development of ego,
to the realization of the essential aspects with the Personal
Essence as the central aspect, to enlightenment on the nonpersonal
levels of Being; however, the realization of the nonpersonal aspects
does not involve abandonment of the personal and other aspects
of Essence. In fact, the Personal Essence goes through another
stage of development as its relation to the nonpersonal aspects
is understood and metabolized. It becomes the personal actualization
of the nonpersonal aspects of Being. (The Pearl Beyond Price,
pg 197)