Returning to the theme of identity. For Descartes was very important at the time the certainty that we are. Not "what we are," but we are. But there is another question: Who are we?
The question runs through the study of Christian spirituality and depth psychology, who have this as a contact point not sufficiently explored.
About us The question we do not like. Confronts us with the deepest part of ourselves, a room of our interior castle, according to Santa Teresa, which does not want to get off. We feel it better to live dis-fetched-that bring us to the depths of our being, the true being forgotten. The famous authentic existence, which more than exsit, re-sists in the deeper layers and ignored in our lives.
The Enlightenment notion of rationality, as a synonym of calculation rules or practices, nor helps us. "How is" to know who we are? Incorrect to argue, there is a set of rules, a specific method. There is a watch, a meditation, a dialogue with ourselves, much like an existential psychoanalysis.
psychoanalysis precisely help us much. The two are not Freudian anthropological categories, but functions of the same psyche that constitutes the spiritual self, our essence individual. Throughout the evolution of our psyche have conflicts, but more we talked, we tend to deny, to deny them so deeply that we forget to radically from our denial, we live by denying our deepest problems and not even realize it. Meanwhile, we build for ourselves an image of Superman, which prevents us from becoming aware of our existential and psychological limits. The result is a shallow existence, self-deception and the deepening of our neuroses.
The issue is to initiate a Socratic dialogue with ourselves, aided by someone who understands and listens, by which we become aware of our limitations, and so we adopt a more humble existence, more understanding of others and more open to a genuine improvement, conscious of our weaknesses. There is a secret unit between mayeutics Socratic, Christian mysticism and psychoanalysis: the three of us lead a more authentic existence. Just know that I know nothing, beginning of knowledge. I am a sinner, start of opening to God's redeeming grace. I know I have a web of conflict and I am not a superman perfect start of the healing of our neuroses. Awareness of the limits. No big deal. To our nature, wounded by sin, master of self-deception ... It is a lot.
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