How we see ourselves
How we see ourselves is the ego.
It is a thin layer of self-awareness trapped between an outer shell or face and an inner shell.
Outer Face
The outer face, prevents those around us from seeing who we feel we really are. This deception is allowable for self protection in a ruthless world, but if maintained in close relationships (family, close friends, teacher-pupil relationship) it destroys the authenticity of that interaction.
Inner Shell
On a deeper and more harmful side the inner shell of the ego prevents us from knowing the subconscious truth of who we really are (10% brain consciousness and 90% immaterial deep mind).
The Less Aware
For less aware people the ego is a thin layer of self knowledge strongly identified with their outer face, which in turn is based mainly on their body.
Who We Really Are
The more self aware we are the further we see into our own subconscious and consequently the more we recognize that what we really are is very different from how we present ourselves to the outer world. This increasing self knowledge also allows us to see correspondingly past the face of others and further into who they really are.
Self Knowledge
To follow the path of self knowledge (self realization) there is only one Way. That is the internal path which steadily unfolds as you delve deeper into your own inner world. That world is deceptive, sometimes dangerous, as the Mind perceives the inner world through its own self-created web of illusion (even delusion). Without true directions and a guide, people will almost certainly go astray.
