The self

"...in a maze, lost and found. Every so often, we come to a blind lead. it is in these moments that that which is beyond can call through to the known from the other side of darkness, affirming a faith that is beyond the realms of the known but is a reflection of the known - the unknown known.'

In search of the authentic, that which lasts the test of time, the vagaries, the vague loyalties, the assured array of clueless well-wishers, who dash the dots in a vague game of dash and dots, forming the nature of reality we so rely upon to hold our world upon and build from. It is when one or more of these dots or dashes move at their whimsical will and the picture seems askew that one begins to question the reliability of the construct and then further the construct itself of reality. From these vague cracks, with fear of losing ground, that the construct itself may have been false being unfathomable for so much has been built based on this that existential fears begin to raise its head or heads.

Once the crust has been broken one too many times, you know of course that it is the snake shedding its skin but the first 'earthquake' seems like disillusion and end of the world with nothing to hold onto and no body to turn to but must be held fast for dear life (whatever that really means but surely the continuation of something that is true and is). There are several snake skins that must be shed but a human being is not for those who arent ready for some tumultous rides?

Like Harry Potter's Basilisk, the unaddressed that courses under the surface of skin through crevices unknown due to hitherto far unexplored must be listened for for any devices invented to address the needful. Violence has not be seen for what it is; it is often forged in our own homes as devices for defense. That defense is just one part of offense often masquerading as its opponent or in response when it is another facet of the same is not discerned as it should be for then our investments of time, effort and energy would be in another direction - hopefully in a direction that is actually having peace as the outcome, not a misnomer.

Self of a person is as nucleus to a cell. It is not everything but is an important something that is a beginning to fractals of several other centers of which an individual is part of and form the collective. Self is a basic unit.  There is the range from lower selves to higher self. This is a system or hierarchy much like an orchard has raw to ripe fruits - an ecosystem. The higher self is the basic building block of a system that are stages of individuality - of maturity.