“The more sincere you are with internal inquiry via psycho-spiritual inner work, the more you will realize that many of “your” thoughts, feelings, desires, wants, needs, etc., are not your own. They have been conditioned or inserted “externally” via “suggestions” which you have accepted (unconsciously) as your own.
The person who you think you are (who you refer to as “I” or “me” and identify with) – meaning, your persona – is made up of or influenced by these unconscious programs (social/cultural conditioning), memories, biological drives, wounds, traumas, fragments, and experiences (which you judge as “good” and “bad.")
Once you embark on this inner journey and reach a higher level of self-awareness and self-observation [establishing the impartial witness within], you will also realize that you have different personality parts within yourself that most often contradict themselves.
Many people even admit to these different parts when they say, “A part of me wants/thinks this…, but another part wants/thinks this…”. They don’t realize that they are referring to the different subpersonalities living within them, which they mistake for their true self.
There are many different subpersonalities; for example in Internal Family Systems, they refer to wounded inner child parts as “exiles,” shut off from conscious awareness. These inner child parts tend to be “stuck in time” at a particular developmental age due to trauma from childhood wounding.
Everyone has these wounded parts. Each part has its own personality, voice, thoughts, needs, and desires, and they affect and influence you more than you are consciously aware of.
All these parts also seem very contradictory, and if you are somewhat conscious and have the capacity for self-reflection, you may start to question who the real “I” or “you” is.”
-Bernhard Guenther
Episode 134, Part 2 – Unveiling The Psyche: Sub-Personalities And Invisible Influences On The Mind
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