5.13 The False Self

The False Self thinks it is about me.

The False Self focuses on the wrong one.

The False Self fears death, for it dies with the body.

The False Self is imprisoned by time and space.

The False Self seeks to gain and to save its own life, even at the expense of harm of others.

The False Self thinks it is separate.

The False Self fears everything other than the One thing it should fear.

The False Self craves and grasps.

The False Self shrinks and recoils.

The False Self can only see the illusion of the physical.

The False Self clings to tribal inclusion.

The False Self sees enemies “out there”.

The False Self accumulates and stores up in the physical.

The False Self is an illusion that passes away the moment we exhale for the final time.

The False Self spirals down, and pulls down.

All that the False Self is and accumulates for the briefest moment, then passes away like a vapor.


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