The "True Self" knows the answer. Enlightenment of Love and Peace
I repeat, humility creates the attitude to accept a fact that cannot be stated enough: the fact that the human mind cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Reach out to your true self, remember your true self
Q: You seem to treat various qualities as abstract concepts rather than personal traits.
A: It is liberating to view life as an interaction of various qualities. There is no need to bring individuality into it. A standpoint is a program, not the true self. The world presents countless statuses and positions, but these are merely arbitrary assumptions and complete fictions. We can observe them without agreeing to them, and we can also respect how the world perceives them and what value it places on them. We can fully understand the world's views and still remain free from them.
Furthermore, we are given the freedom to agree with certain qualities or positions. It is important to recognize that this is entirely left to free will. All standpoints are voluntary. As spiritual inquiry progresses, you will encounter more primordial and axiomatic positions. Eventually, belief systems and assumptions will be revealed, and ultimately, the truth of the autonomous and independent self itself will become the subject of contemplation. By deconstructing all belief systems, we arrive at the following questions: 'What' is holding onto that position, what is believing it, what is choosing it, and what is being controlled by it? As growth progresses, the primary sense of self becomes aligned with the operating center of mental activity.
Imagine that what we think is 'who' we are is actually 'what' we are. If you pursue this, you will find that it is merely a function, not a cohesive, independent entity. It is a belief system, and all qualities are working autonomously. Thoughts and emotions happen on their own. Various forms of mental activity occur spontaneously without any notice. The independent, autonomous entity called 'I' is merely an assumption. All activities, including the operating center that governs human functions, occur spontaneously. This operating center, like a transistor processor unit, automatically identifies, classifies, sorts, remembers, compares, evaluates, organizes, observes, and records. And this central unit agrees that it is 'I' and identifies with it. Then, this unit becomes the object of blame, praise, fear, and anxiety about survival. For better or worse, emotions are attached to it. Also, consequences and standpoints, such as whether they bring pleasure or pain, automatically have a significant influence on choices.
However, even if you understand all of this, ultimately, surrendering the known core to the unknowable requires immense courage, faith, and trust in God. And in the final moment, remnants of doubt and the fear of existence will well up from the depths. At that time, remember the teachings of the masters: 'Whatever happens, just go straight ahead,' and place your full trust in it. Then, it will be proven that those words were genuine, and the glory of God will be waiting beyond the final great barrier.
Truth is only verifiable through experience.
Although it is impossible to express in words, perhaps dedicating oneself to God means dedicating oneself to the God that is the true self when one realizes the true self, which is God. One may also realize that the true self, which is God, is all existence and is omnipresent in everything. One can likely verify this when one has the experience of it becoming so.
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