When we think of the identity, we usually recognize a self-image that includes the reference to who we are in relationship to some area of our life, such as relationships, career, money and health. For example, if I am married, I form an image of myself as having a marriage status, such as a “marriage-I”. Secondly, this is often put into a positive or negative reference, such as “I am having a good marriage” or a “good-marriage-I” or a “bad marriage-I”. It is not realized that there is a deeper self that transcends all these socially constructed selves. It is behind and beyond these many identities and can not only be discovered by a particular training, but that it can solve all the many existential dilemmas that we encounter throughout our life. This deeper, real self results from the practice of the art and science of Self-knowledge.
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