Pharisee

We all have a Pharisee living within us that we must let go of. The Pharisee is the part of us that would like to hold onto the idea that we can be accepted because of what we do or how good we can become or how many rules we can tell ourselves that we can keep. This out mask that we wear and show to others is much different than our inner lives and the feelings that we actually experience. This is a false personality that must be killed off so that the Imago Dei, the image of God, our creativity can shine through.
This mask must also go because we spend our time and energy defending it. We are not even aware of it and most of our emotional energy holding onto the mask and fighting back people and forces that would like to tear down the mask and take it off, because they know that is not who we really are. We also deny the things within ourselves that would like to take it over and kill it, actions and feelings that would serve us far better than what we are doing right now. This stops the growth and flow of our self spiritually and psychologically.

"You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It's your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation."

Matthew 12:34-37

Jesus is talking to the Pharisees here. They are presenting themselves as leaders, but inside their heart is not changed. We all have a pharisee in us and we need to look at the words that we think and say. Jesus reminds us that they are powerful, so be careful about them they come from inside - your heart! Stop defending your mask and allow your real self to be exposed so that God can use what God put there. Work on your heart so that people see God.

Namaste'