Self worth.
Self belief.
Self confidence.
Self limitations
Self loathing.
What do all these have in common?
The idea of “Self.”
With a capital S as if we are fixed and permanent and definite.
Self is the ego.
It’s the IDEA of who we are, that the ego grasps to.
That defines and projects how we act, and show up in the world.
To ourselves, and to others.
Eastern philosophy believes there is no “Self.”
It is just a concept. Just an illusion.
And this allows us the freedom to create who we are and how we turn up in the world.
Everything is fluid. Everything is open to interpretation.
We are a choice that we make about ourselves.
And there is endless possibility in this.
