myth of the self | Into the Mythica

Myth of the self – The recognition of the nature of the ego and one’s character as a living myth.

At the core of working with the self is realizing that you are not the self, that you are not your ego or it’s shifting conditions, you are the awareness which looks through that self. This becomes important when we realize that to change the conditions of our self we have to be able to change who we think we are. At the core of this is realizing the myth of the self. It’s understanding the ego as what it is, a temporary mask that holds our fascination. It’s recognizing that while we play the role of a lifetime in the Great Story, that who we are playing is not truly who we are.

The myth of your self is a beautiful thing. It’s the essence of your soul’s journey through the incarnate plane, your part to play in the much larger unfoldment of a collective awakening. It is your character, your persona, the vessel for your virtue, and it defines your life. It is the essence of what it means to have a story, to experience the uniqueness of transformation that is you.

Yet at it’s core it is a mask. A shape amongst shapes, all playing roles in the much larger awakening of the planet, one of many characters in a much greater story that sits beneath the curtain.

And this is a beautiful thing, for where the journey of self-realization meets the dissolution of the ego is where mythology becomes truly understood. It is the place where we realize that our very sense of self-identity is a myth, a construct of karmic impressions that form the shape of our story. Yet while this forces transformation of our understanding of the ego it offers possibility, for as living myths all the stories of the Divine and human exist within us! We ARE the essence of Story, manifest. Beings of magic and possibility, filled with infinite potential.