Self-Discovery

How do we discover ourselves?


I spoke to each of us having a unique and irreplaceable personal value. Discovering who you are can take many pathways. But, let's take a moment to discuss and dissect what I meant by "I see myself as a collection of talents both developed and potential, and personality traits some shared in degrees and some unique, and attributes or “virtues” both light and dark, as well as a presence of conscious awareness and will, with the power of choice and soul-deep desires".  There are several different aspects to self reflected in that sentence:

  1. talents (developed skills and potential)

  2. personality traits

  3. moral and ethical alignment (or "virtues")

  4. degree of self-awareness

  5. power of choice

  6. power of desire (manifestation potentiality)

I'll discuss each of these areas in more detail. You may wish to have a notebook and pen handy while reading this book, as I will occasionally provide exercises for the reader's self-reflection. I think that personal journals are a great tool for helping to solidify and consciously retain one's self-reflections. I would consider the included exercises to be a kind of guided journaling. They are, of course, optional. But whether you write them or simply take a moment to explore them mentally, I hope they may help you reach deeper insights about yourself. 


Journal Exercise #1

Take a piece of paper and draw a line down the center. In the first column, write the heading "What I AM" and in the second, "What I AM NOT". This list is meant to be very inclusive and nonrestrictive. And its purpose is to help you define and articulate how you see yourself and who you are. If you find it difficult to begin, consider how you would describe yourself to a stranger you've just met. 

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