The wisdom of Father Richard Rohr teaches us about the pattern of living in the false self. In the false self:
- We split from our shadow self and pretend to be our idealized self. This is living to impress others.
- We split our mind from our body and soul and live in our minds. This is being dissociated and compartmentalized.
- We split life from death and try to live our life without any death. This is living without release.
- We split our selves from other selves. This is trying to live apart, superior, and separate.
Our spiritual work is thus to pursue living in the true self. It is the putting on of a new costume, which is more about dressing down, releasing the feeling of lack, the feeling that we're not lovable, releasing resistance in any area.
