Retreating from the 'Usual self'

 The purpose is to retreat from the usual self, and to discover who you are under the usual self.  This does not happen conceptually.

Eckhart Tolle

The personality, according to Eckhart Tolle,  is basically the commentary of the mind. It is the conditioned "Me" identity. The personality creates a...

...state of latent dissatisfaction hiding under the surface

We need to escape from this suffering identity, from the prison created by our emotionally constructed self. 

 We need to begin the process of disindentification with the 'usual self '(surface self) so we can fall back into the deeper Self. This is the awakening process. 

The deeper Self does not exist in the world of conceptualization...

We do not need "identities", concepts, ideation, beliefs etc. In order to be here fully we do not need to remember our names, our roles, anything the 'little me' or "usual self" believes it is. We need to get beneath all that.  We need to  go deeper. 

True deprivation is not knowing who you are on the deeper level of your being. 

All is well.

Eckhart Tolle ( November 18, 2025) Escape from the Prison of the Mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4epjNn6kYs&t=611s