False Self
* Security and significance achieved by what we have, what we can do, and what others think of us.
* Happiness is sought in autonomy from God and in attachments.
* Identity is our idealized self (who we want others to think we are).
* Achieved by means of pretense and practice.
* Maintained by effort and control
* Embraces illusion as a means of attempting to become a god.
True Self
* Security and significance achieved by being deeply loved by God.
* Fulfillment found in surrender to God and fulfilling our vocation.
* Identity is who we are – and are becoming – in Christ.
* Received as a gift with gratitude and surrender.
* Maintained by grace.
* Embraces reality as the place of meeting and being transformed by God.
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