Fundamentally Altered

The problem with talking about self-esteem, is that for many, there is no self in the first place, merely a composite of acquired reactions to life, which over the years form a habit, hence rendering them highly susceptible, not only to the skills of any marketing person offering the latest branded life-accessory promising in vain to give them an identity, providing they can pay, hence the unprecedented levels of vanity currently demonstrated in society, but also to social angst and stultification whenever confronted by those perceived to be of higher status.
This sense of self is a nebulous phenomenon, one which some wise ones say derives from your mother and the degree of healthy energetic, emotional, psychological and practical input she gave you in those first crucial days, weeks, months and years. Indeed the ancient Taoists believed the energy generated in your spleen, which governs your relationship with the earth plane (food, money, other people and awareness of your place in time and space), derives similarly from your mother and its strength and effectiveness is directly determined by the quality and consistency of that original maternal flow in your direction. The more adjusted your spleen energy, the more of a stable sense of self you have, regardless of external factors or conditions and, paradoxically, the more adroit you are, therefore, at manipulating the material plane to your advantage as a result.
However, as all mothers have always been and always will be human and therefore fallible, it’s rare to find an individual whose sense of self is absolute – as with everything, it’s a matter of degrees but there are ways to develop selfhood gradually and over time have it be established enough to withstand most of the storms life throws at you, without even having to delve that deep, simply by dealing directly with the spleen energy with a view to growing it, a sound method for doing which is explained in this weekend BAREFOOT JOURNAL.
In the meantime, consider the immensity of the universe and of the power that informs its eternal motion. Your self is a direct expression and manifestation of that – nothing less. Same goes for every other living being. Still your mind for a moment, long enough to realise it now and the reality you perceive around you will be fundamentally altered for the better by a quantum leap.
May you experience a whole run of quantum leaps today, tonight and through the weekend, leaps that thrill and delight you to the marrow.
Love, Doc

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