Self-remembrance. The path to unconditional love. User manual

The main goal of techniques such as self-observation and self-remembering, which you will be introduced to by Red Hawk - a philosopher, poet, and follower of the Fourth Way teaching - is to meet your true "Self". However, this encounter threatens the ego, which inflates our sense of importance and calls for "successful success" instead of understanding ourselves and our true needs. The ego does everything to protect itself - it runs away, ignores, and denies reality. Just so that we do not fully experience the present moment and cannot realize the futility of our attempts to change ourselves. Paradoxically, by stopping running away from ourselves and learning to accept internal and external reality unconditionally, no matter how depressing or repulsive it may be, we open the way to change. We begin to see where and when the mind lies to us, luring us into a new cycle of old scenarios, and become able to avoid its traps. After reading the book and starting to practice, you will be amazed at how inventive the ego can be in trying to prevent you from being where you seem to already be - in the present moment. But it's worth it.