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Originally Posted by Honza
The trouble is that everybody thinks that 'I' is the problem.
Happy self acceptance and self love is not the problem. The problem is self hatred and self rejection.
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As per eastern philosophy, there is both the false self and true Self.
The false self is the ego created by identification with the false and temporary, while the true Self is awareness or pure consciousness that is revealed in the present moment.
Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation, says "I". ~ George Gurdjieff
It is the false self that Gurdjieff mentions here, which one identifies with every desire, sensation, mood and emotion passing by. Obviously something that comes and goes is not permanent and cannot compose the true Self.
So what is the true
Self ! The true Self is but awareness revealed in the present moment, or pure consciousness free of intense desires in the form of cravings and aversions. It is these strong desires in the form of cravings and aversions that provoke incessant and compulsive thinking and emoting, and put the mind in past or future missing present moment awareness.
In extreme cases, such compulsive thinking and emoting can result in great suffering and misery, along with delusion and psychosis. Such mental and physical suffering itself indicates something unnatural and unhealthy.
The Self, our Being, is awareness. - Sri Muruganar
It is the true Self that George Gurdjieff and Ramana Maharshi emphasized...
Man’s search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end. - Ramana Maharshi
Remember your Self always and everywhere. ~ George Gurdjieff
By being anchored in the Self, one can remain stable, equanimous and safe in the many storms and typhoons that come as trials and tribulations in this chaotic world.