On our journey of self-development, one of the key themes that you will find across all spiritual paths is that of purification...and specifically of the purification of our emotions.  

The emotions that we have picked up through life, that are now part of our false personality, is what keeps us at the level of being that we are currently at.  

False personality is all that we have acquired from life, all our conditioning from the external environment that has shaped us. False because it’s not intrinsic to our real nature. These emotions that we learn from the imitation of those around us, are mainly negative.  

For an explanation of self-observation check out episode #32: https://youtu.be/p7UZtW0nMmo 

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