Moving From Self Improvement TO Self Realization March 2
In order for self-improvement to be possible, you have to believe in a self that needs improving. Spiritual Living as Jesus taught is not a behavioral modification course or a personal development program. The reason most of us believe self improvement is a noble thing to do, is because our self image is built on a self separate and apart from the life of God.
The truth is, there is One Life and that One Life IS my life, and that One Life doesn’t need improving. Whatever I focus upon tends to grow and expand in my experience. Therefore constant focusing on a self that needs improving, expands the concept of a self that needs improving….and will continually bring supporting evidence to my attention.
In Spiritual Living the goal is SELF Realization. That SELF is the One Life expressing Itself AS my life. As I focus on the Life of Christ AS my life, I begin to realize that as He Is, so I AM. In other words, what is true of the Christ is true of me, because He is the I or Self that I Am. As I realize that He Is the I AM that I AM, I relax and allow that Christ Self to express Himself as all that He is AS all that I Am. Now the focus is off me, as a self separate and apart from God, and on Him as the Self that I Am. Herein, is moving from self improvement to SELF realization. Herein, is moving from focusing on a self that needs improving to a Self that is ALREADY complete in all ways.