From Worshiping the Idealizations of Our Personality to Following the Ideals of Our Real Self
I’ve always liked metaphors. I’m also intrigued by the parallels among the Bible story of the Israelites turning away from the true God and fashioning a false idol in the form of a golden calf; George Gurdjieff’s statements about the personality compensating for our essence; Karen Horney’s description of an idealized self image substituting for the real self; and the Enneagram showing how this d...
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