Letting go of Self - Greater than Self

Summary

• People have various ways of expressing greater than self.
• The starting point is to recognize that change of self, of ‘what is me’, does happen .
• But it doesn’t happen through self. It’s not ‘I’ or’ ‘me' that changes what’s ‘me’.
• That’s what people mean when they say “it happened through greater than self.”
• Many, many people, over so many years, have experienced the transformative power of “'not self’ but ‘greater than self'.”
• This is a very powerful way of bringing about change.
• That's right. Even very troublesome and central parts of self, can be changed.
• Self can't change self: ‘I can’t change what is me’.
• Self tries to change self: I try to change me. This is a battle with yourself.
• One self struggles with another self. All in the same person. It makes things worse.
• But self in a person can be changed. By the personal understanding of ‘greater than self.
• This process can be found in 12 step programs .