I read a book by Bishop Sheen some years ago and have been rereading it off and on when I can. It sits in my briefcase and has become pretty tattered. It has a price of $.75 on the front so it shows how old it is.
Sheen says, “The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. hyde is the story of every man born of woman. for there lives within each one of us two selves–the ego and I: the self one seems, and the self he is: a man other men meet, and a man unknown to other men. The ego is what we think we are; the I is what, in fact, we are. The ego is the spoiled child in us–selfish, petulant, clamorous, and spoiled–the creation of our mistakes in living. The I is our personality made to the image and likeness of God.”
Thought you might like this quote in that it might help you in your journey to enlightenment.
Dukesays
Bishop Sheen goes on to say, “The difference between the person in whom the ego or selfishness, dominates and the person in whom the I or personality, dominates spells the difference between false gaiety and true happiness, between neurotic and normal living.
He uses the symbol of two circles one inside the other. The inner circle is almost as large at the outer circle. The egoist is represented by the Ego in the inner large circle and the I in the outside thin circle. In a normal person the diagram is reversed. The I is is the larger inner circle and the Ego in the thinner outer circle.
Duke says
I read a book by Bishop Sheen some years ago and have been rereading it off and on when I can. It sits in my briefcase and has become pretty tattered. It has a price of $.75 on the front so it shows how old it is.
Sheen says, “The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. hyde is the story of every man born of woman. for there lives within each one of us two selves–the ego and I: the self one seems, and the self he is: a man other men meet, and a man unknown to other men. The ego is what we think we are; the I is what, in fact, we are. The ego is the spoiled child in us–selfish, petulant, clamorous, and spoiled–the creation of our mistakes in living. The I is our personality made to the image and likeness of God.”
Thought you might like this quote in that it might help you in your journey to enlightenment.
Duke says
Bishop Sheen goes on to say, “The difference between the person in whom the ego or selfishness, dominates and the person in whom the I or personality, dominates spells the difference between false gaiety and true happiness, between neurotic and normal living.
He uses the symbol of two circles one inside the other. The inner circle is almost as large at the outer circle. The egoist is represented by the Ego in the inner large circle and the I in the outside thin circle. In a normal person the diagram is reversed. The I is is the larger inner circle and the Ego in the thinner outer circle.
Just something to think about.
Duke says
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