When we suffered disappointment, confusion, and hurt as children, we created a structure to cope with life’s overwhelming challenges. This structure forms a false self that is based on manipulating life by being preoccupied with looking good. We call this false self-personality.

The part of the self that is locked into negation. It is a deliberate choice to hold on to a state of negating life and the self. There is a twisted, immature reasoning behind this attitude and the resistance to give it up. If these are recognized, the road is open to the transition to …

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The façade we create for others (and worse, often believe ourselves!) that hides our true feelings,e.g., our arrogant exterior masks our insecure feelings.

Lower self is based on pride, self-will, and self-centered fear. It contains the negative parts of ourselves, e.g., our insecurity, pettiness, jealousy, greed, bitterness, sense of scarcity, hostility, need to be right, dominate, and so on.

This is the free-flowing energy current manifest in the universe in all beings, things, and ideas. Nothing exists without it. It has three essential aspects: movement, consciousness, and experience.

These are wrongful conclusions formed in childhood that live with us today, e.g., “I’m not worthy or lovable” and “authority is to be feared.”

This part of us thinks we should be perfect. It hides a lot of who we are while showing others how we would like them to see us. The ISI is our attempt to project a perfect (necessarily false) image to the world, and even to ourselves.

The aspect of us that includes the divine which is wise, in love, and in unity.

A Pathwork Helper is a worker on the Path who has been extensively trained (typically for more than 10 years) to assist workers on their spiritual path. These can be in one-on-one sessions and in workshops.

The divine, higher power we can turn to and call in as needed.