The best of oneself - Guy Corneau

Finding and expressing the best of oneself, that means :

~to no longer be prisoner of our character,
~to give up our role of victim,
~to find confidence in ourselves and in life,
~to be in contact with our inner power

The best of oneself is the living part of ourselves ; that is to say our i n d i v i d u a l i t y that shows itself through expression and creation, as opposed to the contracted, defensive and inhibitive part of ourselves that is p e r s o n a l i t y.

Way to go, step after step :

1. Love oneself sufficiently :
Accept how we are and how the world is, since we are the world.

2. Determine our needs :
We are not aware of our needs but aware of our frustrations and this is by following the way of our discomforts that we learn about our needs.

3. Give up compensations and compulsions, weights and fears, expectations and beliefs (restrictive interpretations of ourselves and the world) coming from past clashes.

4.Observe our emotions :
They are a sign that we have to adopt a position that suits better to our individuality.

5. Answer our existential fear that is the source of all kinds of fears and that gives us the feeling of being isolated
By expressing our universal nature in an individual and single way by means of our creative essence, our tastes and talents.

Releasing the creative spirit is like going out of a car after a long trip and enjoying the first breath of fresh air. Needless to wonder whether we desserve it, whether it is more or less fresh than anywhere else, whether it is the ideal air. Let us simply go out and breath, let pleasure rise inside of ourselves ; we are connected to world. Needless to think of it ; it's a reflex.

The weight we carry is as light as a feather. Let's stop believing in our tragedies and our chains. They only exist as long as we are afraid of FREEDOM !

-- "Severe" summary that does not restore the flavour of the book ; better read it --