#true-self — Public Fediverse posts

Stop performing. Start being. This ancient proverb reminds us that our true self shows up when we let go of who we think we should be.
#quotes #StressRelief #Mindfulness #TrueSelf #Relaxation
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/tension-relaxation-chinese-proverb/

Stop performing. Start being. This ancient proverb reminds us that our true self shows up when we let go of who we think we should be.
#quotes #StressRelief #Mindfulness #TrueSelf #Relaxation
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/tension-relaxation-chinese-proverb/

Living authentically means embracing who you truly are, not who you’re told to be.

https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
 
#AuthenticLiving #BeYourself #LiveWell #TrueSelf #InnerHarmony #LifeAligned #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Authenticity

You spend so much time being who the world expects… but do you actually know you?

https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
 
#KnowYourself #TrueSelf #AuthenticLiving #SelfDiscovery #InnerJourney #BeyondTheMask #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Success

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Unicursal TRUE SELF IMMORTAL INTELLIGENCE Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information

https://hermetic.com/information/true-self-immortal-intelligence/index

#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #MagickInTheoryAndPractice #initiation #true #TrueSelf #self #immortal #intelligence #matter #means #manifestion

Unicursal TRUE SELF IMMORTAL INTELLIGENCE Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information

https://hermetic.com/information/true-self-immortal-intelligence/index

#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #MagickInTheoryAndPractice #initiation #true #TrueSelf #self #immortal #intelligence #matter #means #manifestion

What is a ‘true self’ and what is a ‘false self’?

I’ve always been instinctively suspicious of Winnicott’s notion of the ‘true self‘. Not because I doubt that it’s a frequent experience to find oneself relating in a manner which is in some fundamental way fake, somehow untrue to who we are. To the extent this is a routine feature of human experience it implies as a corollary forms of relating which are in some fundamental sense true to who we are. Likewise it is a common experience that these forms of relating feel good in some diffuse yet profound way. In essence I understand Winnicott to have been saying that relating from the true self keeps us in touch with our fundamental creativity, enabling us to act spontaneously in terms of who we are rather than acting defensively in order to comply with the (imagined) expectations of those around us. In essence the false self acts as a defensive carapace which forms to protect ourselves developmentally when we encounter situations in which we cannot be ourselves in this more spontaneous way. It’s what Gabor Mate describes with admirable clarity as the tension between attachment and authenticity:

The seed of woe does not lie in our having these two needs, but in the fact that life too often orchestrates a face-off between them. The dilemma is this: What happens if our needs for attachment are imperiled by our authenticity, our connection to what we truly feel? What happens, in other words, when one nonnegotiable need is pitted by circumstance against the other? These circumstances might include parental addiction, mental illness, family violence and poverty, overt conflict, or profound unhappiness—the stresses imposed by society, on children as well as adults. Even without these, the tragic tension between attachment and authenticity can arise. Not being seen and accepted for who we are is sufficient.

Myth of Normal, pg 147

As Mate later observes, “That some attachments may not survive the choice for authenticity is one of the most agonizing realizations one can come to” (pg 476). In this sense we could think of Winnicott’s concept as a way of describing how this tension plays itself out (or fails to) i.e. the manner in which we learn to pretend to be something other than what we are in pursuit of a sense of safety in our relations with others. In its more extreme forms this issues in a complete compliance with our environment and the demands we encounter within it, even preemptively so such that we are contorting ourselves to demands which no one is actually making of us. This is part of all childhood experience, as I understand Winnicott, with the difference being the degree to which the false self crowds out the true self and how deeply embedded the legacy of this becomes in adult life and with what consequences.

The problem I see is the tacitly essentialist register of ‘true self’ and ‘false self’. Not only does it lend itself so readily to simplification, such that we might simply seek to replace the (bad) ‘false self’ with the (good) ‘true self’, it fails to register the dynamic character of the process which is being captured. As I understand it these are more like psychic sources which become more or less integrated into the structure of our quotidian engagement with the world around us: the source of spontaneous and creative action which keeps us rooted in the present and the anticipatory and fearful action which is orientated to the future. It’s untenable to live entirely in the first mode as an adult so it’s more a question of how readily accessible that source is and how much it infuses our interaction with others and the world around us. Likewise the second mode provides a necessary feature for survival in an unpredictable world but it can squeeze out the possibility for authentic relating such that it makes any relating in the first mode untenable. Everything becomes about projection, performance and preparation rather than simply being and doing. The tension isn’t a one-time trade off, particularly outside of clinical settings, but rather a life long struggle between two modes that are essential to being human and thriving in a complex and open world. This is why I like so much Christopher Bollas who talks about this as an idiom:

Winnicott’s important statement that the true self is the inherited ‘personality potential’. From my point of view, this is exactly what it is: a complex inherited core of personality present at birth, an idiom of being and relating that will evolve and become activated according to the infant’s experience of the mother.

Essential Aloneness, loc 395

The other main quality of the true self is ‘spontaneity’: the gesture made real. We see somebody we would like to talk to, and we approach them and introduce ourselves. This is the gesture made real. If we merely think about doing this but we don’t actually move towards the person, the gesture is accomplished only as an inner mental representation. So one of the ways to evaluate the evolution of an individual’s true self is to note the extent to which their gestures have been made real.

Essential Aloneness, loc 407

It’s this movement from internal towards external gesture which is mediated by caregivers who meet the infant’s developing idiom and support its elaboration. For Bollas our personal idiom is defined through such elaboration as we relate to objects, including crucially cultural objects, in a manner which unfolds a particular sense in which I’m this person relating to these objects in this specific way. I develop my own specific idiom through the objects I select, how I engage with them and the way I’m changed in the process. There are objects which, as he puts it in Being a Character, act as ‘keys’ which unlock elements of our idiom:

Certain objects, like psychic “keys,” open doors to unconsciously intense—and rich—experience in which we articulate the self that we are through the elaborating character of our response. This selection constitutes the jouissance of the true self, a bliss released through the finding of specific objects that free idiom to its articulation.

Loc 208

The people we feel an affinity with. The places we find we belong. The music which moves us. The books which leave us changed after reading. As he puts it in Hysteria loc 100:

So each self will find particular individuals more attractive than others, will find certain actual objects — works of fiction, pieces of music, hobbies, recreational interests — of more interest than others, and in the course of living a life will have constructed a world which, although holding objects in common with other selves, will have shaped them into a form as unique as their fingerprint.

To be a ‘true self’ involves living in a way that is consistent with our idiom. This also means living in a way that calls for the continual elaboration of our idiom because to live with it consistently involves a continual encounter with objects that provoke this potential through their relations. The objects call forth experiences in us, activate potential that were previously latent, leaving us changed in all manner of ways. This I think is what is at work when cultural bingeing is edifying rather than deadening, a sense of being immersed in something that moves you rather than being caught in the circuits of drive to avoid something else. Indeed I’m currently bingeing on Bollas because I’m finding things here which express my idiom, particularly in the intellectual register of the sociological account of psychodynamics I’ve inarticulately groped towards over a long period of time. There is something about how I see the world, as well as how I want to account for what I see, which is being elaborated through reading his work. In doing so I’m changed in a manner which is deeply satisfying.

It suggests to me that cultural engagement can be a crucial source of connection to spontaneity. To write because you have the ‘feel of an idea’ (in my favourite phrase of C Wright Mills) rather than because you want to elicit a response in your readers. To read something because it’s gripping you rather than because you want to be someone seen to read things like that or to be someone who has read it. To listen to what moves you and leaves you feeling alive in the immersion. In the jouissance associated with these experiences we connect to something fundamental in ourselves: our personal idiom or ‘true self’. That enjoyment can be rich and generative because it touches something fundamental about who we are. Why am I the person so moved by this music? Why am I the person so fascinated by this author? It follows from Bollas that I think we ought to sit with these experiences, to linger in them so that we can sensitise ourselves to what is at work in them without allowing analysis to substitute for immersion. It’s how to really enjoy cultural engagement but it also has a broader psychic significance as a manner in which we connect with ourselves and what matters to us.

It’s less clear to me though what this means interpersonally. There’s a greater complexity to our object relating with people because they are, well… people. They too have their own idiom. The ruthlessness in object relating which Winnicott argued was essential to our psychic development becomes potential sources of harm in our relating with others. But conversely the fear of hurting others can be a stifling constraint on the possibility of authentic relating. The term which comes to mind here is atmosphere: the space that exists interpersonally and what it means for the possible expressions of idiom in the reciprocal relating that takes place. It’s also the question of what’s energising and what isn’t. How does it feel to be-with a particular person? Do you come across feeling energised or depleted? Do you feel elaborated or diminished? Do you feel sharper edged or somehow blurry? The complexity arises because relating in terms of our personal idiom can be genuinely harmful for the other. Indeed as Mate observes attachment and authenticity often cannot be reconciled. But there’s something here I think about finding who your people are as a matter of converging idioms and the atmosphere which prevails as a consequence of this convergence.

#christopherBollas #falseSelf #gaborMate #objectRelations #relating #trueSelf #Winnicott

A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

A man always is to be himself the judge of how much of his mind he will show to other men; even to those he would have work along with him. There are impertinent inquiries made: your rule is to leave the inquirer uninformed on that matter; not, if you can help it, misinformed; but precisely as dark as he was!

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

More info about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/22409…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #discretion #impertinence #innerself #privacy #privatelife #snooping #trueself

Another day, another 0 interactions I get, but ironically, Threads is asking me to pay for my true self (the verified badge). I have the right to have suspicions toward Threads and Meta. I have the right to accuse them of shadow-banning me and being ableist.

#SocialMedia #Authenticity #Threads #Meta #ShadowBanning #MentalHealth #DisabilityAwareness #UserRights #OnlineCommunity #DigitalIdentity #SocialJustice #Inclusion #Accessibility #TrueSelf #SocialMediaStruggles

Some people need open skies, not golden cages. Which one are you? #Freedom #Authenticity #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #SelfAwareness #Inspiration #TrueSelf #WorkCulture #LifeLessons #FreedomMatters #LeadershipInsights #WildSpirit #OpenSky #Resilience
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/a-forest-bird-never-wants-a-cage-henrik-ibsen-a13d05b04a72

Letting go of your mask is the first step to revealing your true self. Authenticity is freedom.

https://de320.isrefer.com/go/root396gift/Stuartn/
 
#BeAuthentic #TrueSelf #LetGoToGrow #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Transformation

Letting go of your mask is the first step to revealing your true self. Authenticity is freedom.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/root396gift/Stuartn/
 
#BeAuthentic #TrueSelf #LetGoToGrow #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Transformation

Your mind is a mirror.
But every experience, belief, and thought leaves behind dust.
Eventually, you stop seeing the world clearly…
and start mistaking the dust for who you are.

Clear the mirror. Return to clarity.
#Zen #Mindfulness #Karma #Consciousness #SpiritualAwakening #SelfInquiry #Nonduality #Buddhism #LetGo #MirrorMind #TrueSelf
https://youtube.com/shorts/v9Z1YY82-Cc

The quiet mirror of meditation reflects what we truly are—beyond title, beyond form. Those whose identities are built on towers of self-importance will always fear this reflection, preferring the comforting distortion of their own creation.

@meditation
@consciousliving

#Meditation #SelfReflection #TrueSelf #Identity #SelfImportance #TMGcommunity

Your body is always changing. Your thoughts, your emotions—even your sense of self—shift from day to day. So what remains constant? To truly know yourself, you must go beyond what changes. You must understand the part of you that doesn’t. #Zen #Mindfulness #Consciousness #Identity #WhoAmI #Change #Impermanence #TrueSelf https://youtube.com/shorts/1_ASyejmgDk

How much of our identity is shaped by external forces: names, culture, expectations. To live with clarity, we must go beyond what we’ve been told—and begin to discover who we are for ourselves. #Zen #Koan #WhoAreYou #Mindfulness #SpiritualAwakening #TrueSelf https://youtube.com/shorts/ylFqWh3v0zU

“Who are you?” Through this inquiry, we’re invited to look past names, identities, and fleeting accomplishments to discover the part of ourselves that never changes—the mind beyond thought, the awareness that is always present.#Zen #Koan #WhoAreYou #Mindfulness #SpiritualAwakening #TrueSelf #Meditation #DharmaTalk #Nonduality #Awareness #ClearMind #Dharma https://youtu.be/7lDsR7_CsPk

Almost every day, a podcast brings me another instance of someone assuming one’s identity is practically as important as breathing. But I never encounter anyone inquiring into that assumption. Could it be we cling to our identities and devote so much work to them because ignore the non-changing Self that persists behind our manufactured and vulnerable identities?

#identity #trueself

Is your "Barbie" persona hiding your true emotions? 💔 Discover the lie behind the smile and learn how to embrace authenticity for real happiness. It's time to be your true self! #MentalHealth #Authenticity #TrueSelf #SelfDiscovery #EmotionalWellness

https://paminy.com/barbie-happy-persona-hide-true-emotions-discover-lie-behind-smile/

Is your "Barbie" persona hiding your true emotions? 💔 Discover the lie behind the smile and learn how to embrace authenticity for real happiness. It's time to be your true self! #MentalHealth #Authenticity #TrueSelf #SelfDiscovery #EmotionalWellness

https://paminy.com/barbie-happy-persona-hide-true-emotions-discover-lie-behind-smile/

Fact:

When an Autistic person calls you beautiful, we’re talking about your soul—i.e., your True Self, the emotional root of your being and how it grows into your personality as a whole; your presence and impact on the world.

It’s never an empty compliment. We mean it with all our hearts. We can see all that you are, all that you can be, and how you got where you are today. Even more so, you can trust that we not only mean it, it’s the absolute goddamn truth.

Unsubstantiated Personal Opinion:

It’s not like we Autistics care absolutely nothing for outward appearances, it’s more like we only see outward appearances as a natural extension of a person’s relationship with their True Self. When we bother to cultivate an “image,” we always seek to best express our inner truth through the medium of fashion, with no interest in looking good to other people.

Whatever the underlying psychological and neurological differences are between Autistics, NDs excluding Autistics, and NTs (choose your preferred theory here), somewhere along the line our Ego/Self/Analog I lost the capacity for vanity. Or perhaps we threw it away along with the other incompatible traits that NTs take as inalienable and sacrosanct aspects of the human mind. It’s difficult to say for certain.

And don’t forget, we love our little bubbles; we live in our “Mind Palaces” and often come to resent the cold, empty, meaningless world of Reality. So if we come out of our bubble to look into your heart and see your truth, know that that already demonstrates how much we care about you. Our attention is our expression of devotion. So yes, we give it sparingly and resent it being seized against our will, because that’s what’s inalienable and sacrosanct to us.

Relevant Aside:

One of my real-life fellow Autistic friends called me “you beautiful, beautiful man” last night, and honestly—and given all of the above—I had no idea how much I needed to hear that. She even doubled “beautiful”, which is one of the ways we Autistics express the strongest emphasis. I still feel all warm and fuzzy this morning.

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #SelfReflection #Opinion #Beauty #OutwardAppearances #InnerTruth #TrueSelf #Psychology #Neurodivergence #CommunicationStyle

Fact:

When an Autistic person calls you beautiful, we’re talking about your soul—i.e., your True Self, the emotional root of your being and how it grows into your personality as a whole; your presence and impact on the world.

It’s never an empty compliment. We mean it with all our hearts. We can see all that you are, all that you can be, and how you got where you are today. Even more so, you can trust that we not only mean it, it’s the absolute goddamn truth.

Unsubstantiated Personal Opinion:

It’s not like we Autistics care absolutely nothing for outward appearances, it’s more like we only see outward appearances as a natural extension of a person’s relationship with their True Self. When we bother to cultivate an “image,” we always seek to best express our inner truth through the medium of fashion, with no interest in looking good to other people.

Whatever the underlying psychological and neurological differences are between Autistics, NDs excluding Autistics, and NTs (choose your preferred theory here), somewhere along the line our Ego/Self/Analog I lost the capacity for vanity. Or perhaps we threw it away along with the other incompatible traits that NTs take as inalienable and sacrosanct aspects of the human mind. It’s difficult to say for certain.

And don’t forget, we love our little bubbles; we live in our “Mind Palaces” and often come to resent the cold, empty, meaningless world of Reality. So if we come out of our bubble to look into your heart and see your truth, know that that already demonstrates how much we care about you. Our attention is our expression of devotion. So yes, we give it sparingly and resent it being seized against our will, because that’s what’s inalienable and sacrosanct to us.

Relevant Aside:

One of my real-life fellow Autistic friends called me “you beautiful, beautiful man” last night, and honestly—and given all of the above—I had no idea how much I needed to hear that. She even doubled “beautiful”, which is one of the ways we Autistics express the strongest emphasis. I still feel all warm and fuzzy this morning.

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #SelfReflection #Opinion #Beauty #OutwardAppearances #InnerTruth #TrueSelf #Psychology #Neurodivergence #CommunicationStyle

The Stoic Way to Discover Your True Self #StoicWisdom #SelfDiscovery #TrueSelf #InnerStrength #VirtueLiving ⏩ https://tinyurl.com/mvr6s3c7

In a world where we often hide behind carefully crafted #masks, embracing #vulnerability and revealing our true selves takes courage. This #bold portrait session is more than just a #photoshoot—it’s a journey of self-discovery, transforming #fear into empowering art: https://zorz.it/shedding

#visionary #unmasking #selfdiscovery #mindfulness #selfreflection #empowerment #womanpower #authenticity #trueself #transformation #ZorzStudios #GetZorzed #dramatic #PortraitPhotography #confidence #beauty

The Power of Authenticity in Building Respect #Authenticity #Stoicism #Respect #SelfAwareness #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #TrueSelf #StoicWisdom ⏩ Full Video: https://youtu.be/jV2DPxopB0k

#Nigeria’s #repressed #LGBTQ #partypeople let ‘#trueself’ out at #Lagos #ball.

#Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an #LGBTQ #community #dance #party in #Nigeria’s #Lagos, publicly celebrating their #identities in a #country where being #gay could land you in #jail.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Nigeria #Lagos #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #ChristianDarkMoney #ExportingHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.fox28spokane.com/nigerias-repressed-lgbtq-party-people-let-true-self-out-at-lagos-ball/

#Nigeria’s #repressed #LGBTQ #partypeople let ‘#trueself’ out at #Lagos #ball.

#Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an #LGBTQ #community #dance #party in #Nigeria’s #Lagos, publicly celebrating their #identities in a #country where being #gay could land you in #jail.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Nigeria #Lagos #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #ChristianDarkMoney #ExportingHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.fox28spokane.com/nigerias-repressed-lgbtq-party-people-let-true-self-out-at-lagos-ball/

Got new art of myself outside this shitty vessel from shiinrai #otherkin #MastoArt #artwork #FediArt #trueself

Attended a dear friend's birthday celebration last night, presenting as my true self. It was a special evening, not just for the occasion but because it was one of the first times I've been in a social setting like this since my transition. Most guests were aware of my journey, except for one. Despite knowing and trusting her, the anticipation of her reaction had me on edge.

Her initial surprise quickly turned into a heartfelt congratulations, and the night went on beautifully. But it was her parting words that truly touched my heart. Whispering 'I'm very proud of you, welcome to the club!' before she left, filled me with such warmth and validation.

Nights like these remind me how blessed I am to be surrounded by such supportive and loving people. It's moments like this that truly affirm my journey. Overflowing with gratitude. 💕 #TransitionJourney #SupportiveFriends #HeartwarmingMoments #TrueSelf

Attended a dear friend's birthday celebration last night, presenting as my true self. It was a special evening, not just for the occasion but because it was one of the first times I've been in a social setting like this since my transition. Most guests were aware of my journey, except for one. Despite knowing and trusting her, the anticipation of her reaction had me on edge.

Her initial surprise quickly turned into a heartfelt congratulations, and the night went on beautifully. But it was her parting words that truly touched my heart. Whispering 'I'm very proud of you, welcome to the club!' before she left, filled me with such warmth and validation.

Nights like these remind me how blessed I am to be surrounded by such supportive and loving people. It's moments like this that truly affirm my journey. Overflowing with gratitude. 💕 #TransitionJourney #SupportiveFriends #HeartwarmingMoments #TrueSelf

The #importance of ‘#LanguageJustice’ in #socialjustice #movements.

‘As an #Indigenous and #ethnic #minority #woman, I #dream, I #laugh, I experience my #trueself in my own #language. I need to be able to express myself in my own language in #multilingual #spaces

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Language #Representation #Culture

https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-importance-of-language-justice-in-social-justice-movements/

The #importance of ‘#LanguageJustice’ in #socialjustice #movements.

‘As an #Indigenous and #ethnic #minority #woman, I #dream, I #laugh, I experience my #trueself in my own #language. I need to be able to express myself in my own language in #multilingual #spaces

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Language #Representation #Culture

https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-importance-of-language-justice-in-social-justice-movements/

Being True to Yourself is Essential for Living a Fulfilling Life, So Don't Let the Fear of Others' Opinions Hold You Back from Expressing Your True Self. #Authenticity #TrueSelf #FulfillingLife #OvercomingFear #SelfExpression #PersonalFreedom #BeYou

Being True to Yourself is Essential for Living a Fulfilling Life, So Don't Let the Fear of Others' Opinions Hold You Back from Expressing Your True Self. #Authenticity #TrueSelf #FulfillingLife #OvercomingFear #SelfExpression #PersonalFreedom #BeYou

The Key to a Fulfilling Life is to Live it Authentically and Passionately. #FulfillingLife #Authenticity #Passion #TrueSelf #LivingFully #PersonalSatisfaction #JoyfulLiving

Cultivate a mindset that sees the silver lining, and watch as the world turns into a place of endless wonders.

#psychozoicera #thoughts #mindset #confidence #trueself #higherself #InnerStrength #reclaimyourpower #strenght #powefulmindset #transformyourlife #positivechange

After years of hiding, #AdoreDelano is finally #embracing her #TrueSelf, and feeling better than ever.

This profile is part of #Queerty’s 2023 #OutForGood #series, recognizing #public #figures who’ve had the #courage to #comeout and #makeadifference in the past year.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture #NationalComingOutDay

https://www.queerty.com/after-years-of-hiding-adore-delano-is-finally-embracing-her-true-self-and-feeling-better-than-ever-20231011

After #comingout as #pansexual, #WayneBrady is ready to #play his next #role: His #trueself.

Brady’s start in #communitytheater in the 1980s eventually took him from the #Georgia #countryside and into the bright lights of #Hollywood.

#Women #Pansexuals #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Movies
#Representation #Culture

https://www.queerty.com/after-coming-out-as-pansexual-wayne-brady-is-ready-to-play-his-next-role-his-true-self-20230929

Be careful to not let fear and worry speak to you and from you, before you hear from God. We cause ourselves so much turmoil based on incorrect assumptions, erroneous projections, and negative anticipations.

#mentalhealth
#Innervoice
#Trueself

Sometimes you don’t feel like you “fit in”.

And it’s ok-sometimes, so much of “fitting in” is being untrue to yourself-

You have to listen to the “Inner Voice”, underneath all the noise.

(I’m not saying to be mean, or disrespectful, just be your True Self.)

#TrueSelf #Authentic

https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/self-actualization/achieve "#SelfActualization is often defined as a state or process in which an individual reaches a state of #transcendence and fully realizes their #trueSelf.
HOW TO ACHIEVE SELF-ACTUALIZATION
Focus on the #present.
Live outside of yourself
Practice #introspection.
Be fiercely #authentic
Pursue what brings you #joy."

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/maslows-other-mistake-why-self-acutalization-is-harder-than-it-sounds/
Self-actualization is a great #goal, but how easy is it to actually reach?
"..the old advice #knowThyself. #Socrates #Maslow