“The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest acknowledgment of the existence of hidden emotions, motives and tendencies in the mind without immediately suppressing them.” MindFirstsSelfEmotionExistenceStepsHonestAwarenessSelf EsteemHonestyHabitSelf AwarenessTendenciesEsteemDevelopingDeceptionMotiveFirst StepsAccurateSelf DeceptionAcknowledgmentEmployingSuppressing Author:Bhikkhu Analayo
