Construct & deconstruct

Every one of us engages in building ourselves into what we are, or what we think we are.

We have constructed ourselves for so long - possibly over lifetimes. We have built our castles and our mansions. We have even built our shacks and hovels. Gradually and carefully, (or not-so-carefully) we have created the person we think we are and then placed ourselves into that person, points out the online Australian portal Sacred Earth. The process is painstaking, and it relies upon the ego for motivation. You become the one that you think you are, whether that be a super-hero or a miserably weak individual; a highly intelligent genius or an ignoramus; a loving parent or friend, or a cold loner. Whatever you feel you are, you have constructed that first in the mind, then you have placed yourself into that construction. Soon, it becomes your own reality.

What you have created for yourself may not be what you aspire to be, so how can you change? You have to engage in deconstructing all that has been constructed in order to reinvent yourself. Once you recognise that there is something beyond that which you believe you are, you realise that you need to surrender to that. "It is not an external surrendering, but an inner deconstruction of our own perception of ourselves," says Kia Ora Whanau. By overcoming ego and pride, you can come to grips with who you really are. The deconstruction will happen spontaneously, and a new individual might emerge, readying for positive transformation.