YOU ARE NOT A RESOURCE
Self-image is not a psychological issue. It is a spiritual coordinate.
The Diagnosis
Self-image is not a question of “self-esteem.” It is a spiritual question of recognizing the Soul.
A person suffering from low self-image is not worthless. He is simply disconnected from the knowledge of who he really is. He is measuring himself with external tools. Success. Failure. Comparison. Criticism. Instead of recognizing the Divine value stamped into him... just by existing.
The Correction
The soul is good at its core. And when a person views himself through the eyes of fear or judgment... He is profaning his own holiness.
The repair is not “Ego Inflation.” It is the revelation of True Humility. Which is simply the agreement to acknowledge the size of the soul... Without trying to shrink it... or inflate it.
A corrected self-image is born when a person stops fighting himself. And starts seeing his life as a Divine process in formation. Where even the falls... are part of the ascent.
The Trap of Excellence
The standards for “Excellence” that this world sets... Are nothing but a sophisticated mechanism for continuous misery. Because they measure a man by his function. By his title. By his economic value. And not by his Essence.
A human being is not his profession. And he is not his achievements. And he is certainly not a machine designed to produce utility.
The System Failure
The deepest corruption of humanity... Is connecting man to false sources of value. Using him as a means to an end. And refusing to recognize him as a living, breathing subject with a soul.
This is the greatest sin against the self. Because it cuts you off from your true source of life.
The True Standard
Only one who connects to the Source he came from... To the dimension of the Soul and the Inner Truth... Can understand what “Excellence” really is.
It is not competition. It is Essential Accuracy (Diyuk).
Spiritual Excellence is not measured in comparison to another. It is measured by fidelity to the Truth from which you were created.
The Collapse
To be a human... in a world where the human himself has disappeared... In a world that closes in on you from every direction... Pushing you toward a pre-engineered purpose... This is a structure that cannot actually work.
A human is not “Raw Material” for systems. And he is not a means for goals that are foreign to his essence. Any attempt to imprison the human spirit inside frameworks of control, utility, and efficiency... Will end in collapse. Because it ignores the Source of Being.
The Way Out
The only way forward... Is to break this concealment. To rediscover the source of existence and its true purpose. Not for a narrow interest. But for the benefit of all humanity.
When the Purpose is clarified... The place of the human is clarified. And everything that exists receives its true meaning. As something designed to serve the revelation of Life and Connection... And not the revelation of Management and Control.
Translated from the Hebrew wisdom of Ruth Kedem.
Couldn't agree more. The trap of excellence and being reduced to utility is a constant battle for many of us. How do we start reprograming society's defualt settings on this?