True and False Self The most interesting comment made in Immortal Diamond is that, “our ongoing curiosity about our true self seems to lessen if we settle into any successful role” (Rohr, p. 9). Like many people, I have fallen subject to defining myself based on my successes and still never really finding true happiness. I always thought that being successful - having a prestigious job title, a big house, nice things etc, would lead to happiness. However, I have always found myself searching for more even after all my successes, never really knowing what that “more” was that would make me feel complete. I realize now, after reading Richard Rohr’s Immortal Diamond, our search is actually our spirituality seeking the divine that is already within
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We have lost sight of who we truly are and that is why so many of us continue searching for that “wholeness” in the wrong places. What I find relevating in all of this, is that within this search for the divine, our mistakes that we make are not mistakes that are meant to haunt us. Rather, our mistakes are learning experiences on this inherent spiritual journey that gives birth to something more real and true to our soul. As Rohr’s expresses, it is the dying of our false egos and reuniting with our true selves. When you shed your false ego and find your true self you discover that “spirituality tends to be more about unlearning than learning” (Rohr, xviii). We already know who we are meant to be, much as we know who God is, however we have lost sight of that connection. In reuniting us back to our true selves, we have to unlearn what our false egos have taught us. What comes from learning our true selves is that “life is not about me, but I am about life” (Rohr, p. 21). This new found wisdom no longer leaves your search of the divine with doubt, anxiety, or insecurity. Instead it leaves room within our souls to see the truths in life, filling the emptiness and helping bridge that gap between us and
We have lost sight of who we truly are and that is why so many of us continue searching for that “wholeness” in the wrong places. What I find relevating in all of this, is that within this search for the divine, our mistakes that we make are not mistakes that are meant to haunt us. Rather, our mistakes are learning experiences on this inherent spiritual journey that gives birth to something more real and true to our soul. As Rohr’s expresses, it is the dying of our false egos and reuniting with our true selves. When you shed your false ego and find your true self you discover that “spirituality tends to be more about unlearning than learning” (Rohr, xviii). We already know who we are meant to be, much as we know who God is, however we have lost sight of that connection. In reuniting us back to our true selves, we have to unlearn what our false egos have taught us. What comes from learning our true selves is that “life is not about me, but I am about life” (Rohr, p. 21). This new found wisdom no longer leaves your search of the divine with doubt, anxiety, or insecurity. Instead it leaves room within our souls to see the truths in life, filling the emptiness and helping bridge that gap between us and