True Self False Self: Discovering our core identity

By Richard FayApr 17^th 2018Postsdeath, false self, constructed self, ego, rites of passage, MROP, image, true self, persona, shadow, orphan, striving, flesh, self

The False SelfThere is a version you that you identify with as who you actually are, but it is a complete fiction. It doesn’t actually exist, except within your mind. This is the place of universal addiction, the self-referential, self-defending, self-promoting, self-defeating, self-condemning, endlessly relating-to-everything-from-yourself-as-the-reference-point story you started writing from the first moment you experienced your first flash…

Men’s BBQ Night: Monday 9th April

By Richard FayMar 6^th 2018PostsMROP, BBQ night, true self, false self Brookfield

We are hosting a BBQ and talk on Monday 9th April at the Old Friary (the Brookfield Centre), 139 Brookfield Road Kenmore Hills. The night commences at 6pm and will conclude by 9pm. The night is free for guests and $15 for regulars. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce men to the second half of life journey of…

Discarded Wealth

By Richard FaySep 20^th 2017Postsfalse self, constructed self, wisdom, prayer, Reality, awareness, true self

When a great aunt died, my father inherited all her jewellery. My mother sifted through it and deemed most of it worthless. There were gaudy cubic zirconia rings that would dwarf any finger, chintzy stuff that was thinly plated with metals of dubious authenticity. My mother dumped the load on my sister’s bed and said “keep what you want,…

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