SELF-AWARENESS
GUIDING STATEMENTS
My soul is like an iceberg; I only see and know a small part of it.
Self-awareness can improve my emotional health, and it can also strengthen my spiritual health.
Besides my real self (the person I really am) I also have a pretend self (the person I imagine myself to be at times), and my true self, (the person I was created to be).
To experience the abundance of life Jesus promised, I must work to know my real self.
The most important thing to knowing my real self is my desire.
The Spirit helps me come to know myself.
A safe and loving spiritual community is vital for me to grow in self-awareness.
Knowledge of self and knowledge of God require reflective capacity.
Spiritual disciplines can help me develop reflective capacity.
I bring my pretend self to others when I am afraid.
Keeping up my pretend self is exhausting and destructive.
For me to have a meaningful relationship with Jesus, I must bring my real self.
As I bring my real self to Jesus, I experience freedom and healing.
The Spirit kindly does not force me to confront myself until I am ready.
Knowledge of God and knowledge of self are interdependent.
There are many obstacles that keep me from knowing myself.
I am exceptionally capable of self-deception.
God’s deepest desire for me is that I become my true self.
The most beautiful part of me is my emerging true self.
God’s love for me is not dependent on my self-awareness.
Self-acceptance is essential for self-awareness.
Self-awareness and reflective capacity help me see others as God sees them.
Suffering can be helpful in developing self-awareness.
Silence and Solitude are essential for me to grow in self-awareness..
There is no pretending in the Kingdom of God.