Inner self is the docile gentle form. Like a ocean; calm, abundant, rewarding. If u ask he gives, if u dont he doesnt. But this ocean is confined to the limits of the body, the outer self. The self tht is a facade for the world; it may not be a true reflection of the self. So as the external pressure of the world increases, this outer self squeezes the inner ocean as it itself expands. Well the ocean obliges as much as he can till he reaches a point whr no further compression is possible.
Then comes the backlash; a violent expression of the true power of this infinite depth.
So somes the tsunami, devouring the outer self.
The outer self gets a reality check...
Finally, when the tide recedes to its peace, a new outer self emerges. But the contours have forever changed and perspective of life is redefined, very much different from wht it was before. This is the paradigm shift. And this flood happens periodically, much like the ice age. It changes life as we know it and the cycle of life continues with only change being the constant factor...
The outer self is the prevelant self but as it strives to be more 'acceptable', it erodes something innately beautiful, the something we call the inner self, the essence of being. As the worldly influence continues...just a small indestructible core remains; a core tht nothing can corrupt, erode or change - the nucleus.
The inner self still remains calm and the outer self continues to be the way he is, reveling in his apparent victory. A victory over wht he feels is a world tht really cares about him, about who he is; a world tht ironically is oblivious to his existence.
All this he does at the cost of the inner self, diminishing n condescending this sage entity everytime it tried to guide n counsel him. And so one day, when the outer self felt stagnation and reached a saturation point, that is a stage whr he realised the his current level of existence is something tht the world is not taking notice of....he strived to make the world notice.
He strived to be more acceptable and he did this in the only way he knew - by borrowing, almost plundering from the inner self. But this time there was nothing to plunder. So he tried to split the nucleus. He released the infinite nuclear energy - fission.
He destroyed his core. And in doing so, he destroyed himself. He knows not what he has done. Recognizes nothing and in this battle between the inner n outer self the outcome is inevitable the same.
One loses one self.
The inner self...the existence of which the outer self barely acknowledges...is undoubtedly the ethos of existences. His takes birth inside us because we keep compromising. But one day he decides to exert his power and assert his existence. He becomes powerful and seeks to capture the outer body and there starts a war.Invariable, the inner self takes over and makes the outer do things He always wanted to. Because of this, as the true animos is revealed and existence finds itself in the most awkward situation of not being able to make sense of itself and so the inner self quietly retreats to his eternal abode till the next time he is incited.
