Comments on: Narcissism & the True Self: Deliver Us From Me-Ville http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/narcissism-the-true-self-deliver-us-from-me-ville/ an opti-mystic friend of Jesus in a post-conventional world Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Some Hard Questions about God for Thanksgiving | GoodWordEditing.com http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/narcissism-the-true-self-deliver-us-from-me-ville/#comment-2414 Some Hard Questions about God for Thanksgiving | GoodWordEditing.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:20:23 +0000 http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-2414 [...] whole week is beginning to remind me of a book Mike Morrell sent me to look at recently for The Ooze. I’m talking about Dave Zimmerman’s book [...] [...] whole week is beginning to remind me of a book Mike Morrell sent me to look at recently for The Ooze. I’m talking about Dave Zimmerman’s book [...]

]]> By: ded http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/narcissism-the-true-self-deliver-us-from-me-ville/#comment-2324 ded Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:47:01 +0000 http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/?p=364#comment-2324 I have in the last few years come to realize that sometimes even focusing on others is for selfish reasons. Though others may benefit, the person who is "loving" for selfish reasons is still bereft of the true benefit. I think the true self is the new creature living fully from a conscience tuned sharply to the in-dwelling Presence of God. Such a one, who then learns to exercise the will in obedience to that Presence, becomes the fullest expression of an individual identity living from the purest motivations. Beautifully in God's plan, such a condition cannot be discovered either alone or by group association. It must be found by moments alone in the prayer closet balanced by living within a community of believers. I have in the last few years come to realize that sometimes even focusing on others is for selfish reasons. Though others may benefit, the person who is “loving” for selfish reasons is still bereft of the true benefit.

I think the true self is the new creature living fully from a conscience tuned sharply to the in-dwelling Presence of God.

Such a one, who then learns to exercise the will in obedience to that Presence, becomes the fullest expression of an individual identity living from the purest motivations.

Beautifully in God’s plan, such a condition cannot be discovered either alone or by group association. It must be found by moments alone in the prayer closet balanced by living within a community of believers.

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