We all carry a great secret.

We pretend to be people with a role in life, unchanging relationships and a consistent identity.

In fact we are constantly writing our parts in the drama of our lives.

This is what we hide from ourselves.

The moments when we catch ourselves making up our part are the crucial ones in the process of self-knowledge.

We make up other people too.

Every moment of contact strengthens our identity and the other person’s identity. We believe in people. We need to believe in people to believe in our selves.

Self-creation is the main activity of the mind.

It goes on all the time, usually sub-consciously. The mind sorts its reactions into positive and negative. Since everyone is trying to build up a positive image to believe in and to show to the world, the negative bits are suppressed, or attributed to other people.

(The suppressed bits become explosive and lead to illness. The dumped bits lead to blame and ultimately, war).

It is the job of religion to reveal this process.

You crack out of your prison when you see this self-creating going on, rather than believing in it.

The trick is to watch the mind instead of identifying with it.

There are many hints and pointers including:

www.self-knowledge.org - Adhyatma Yoga

www.searchwithin.org - Richard Rose

www.apollo.org - Gurdjieff

www.seekeraftertruth.com - Sufi

www.headless.org - Douglas Harding

www.enneagraminstitute.com - Enneagrams

www.innerexplorations.com - Christian

www.chrmysticaloutreach.com - L. M. Richardson

www.higherawareness.com - John and Patrice Robson