There is no self, there is only your true nature.
There is only your one true instantiation of consciousness, allowing this true nature
to be, stripping away all notions of self, stripping away all identities imposed upon
you by culture, imposed upon you by your ego.
It is only through stripping away of all these identities, all these different incarnations
of self can you be truly aware and your true nature really shine through.
And your true nature does have influence over the different incarnations of self that the
world has given you or that your ego has given you.
But they are not necessarily your true nature, they are only representations, not even that,
maybe they're more like attempts at representing.
I guess only the true master, the master often spoke about in Eastern traditions, if
that's even accurate.
I suppose the master is one whose representation in the world is as close to his true nature
as humanly achievable.
And I wonder if the representation of your true nature presented to the world, I wonder
if it's even possible to achieve a one-to-one relationship between how you represent in
the world and your true nature.
Is it possible to achieve a one-to-one relationship between those two things?
Because you have no choice but to operate in the world, in the culture, but that is
inherently corrupting of your true nature.
Because the world forces you in a way to shapeshift, to compromise your true nature
in order to operate in the world.
You must compromise your true nature to operate in the world, for the most part.
I'm reluctant to say that it's impossible not to compromise your true nature, because
perhaps it is achievable, but I think it is unlikely to be able to operate in the modern
world, in our modern culture, without, in some ways, misrepresenting your true nature
in some way.
But perhaps it is possible.
And some people come very close, I would say.
Most people don't, but some people do.
And I would say these are people who achieve very high levels of success in the world.
If they don't achieve a one-to-one representation to their true nature, they at least get a
taste of it at some point.
And perhaps they lose it at a later date.
Famous people often shine very brightly for a short period of time and then come crashing
down.
My mind is attempting to come up with an explanation for this.
And it'll probably be obvious later, but for now, just accept it as something that occurs.