Real self vs self image

[Mind of a beast]

As I am preparing for entrance exam in India, I have to study a lot.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling like studying which I guess was an issue of self image.

I knew that Psychocybernetics book has an excellent study on self image. I started to read.

I came to the terms like " real self " etc.  which got me thinking.

From consciousness point of view, my real self is God and to get enlightened , we need to destroy our concepts of self image.

So my question is should I cultivate self image in order to help me in exam or should I destroy it as it will help me in getting enlightened?

[hamedsf]

for the moment, entrance exam is the most important thing in this life phase of you! thinking about those other stuff are merely deception that exerted upon you by your EGO thinking that by achieving something in spirituality, you'd be performing in God-Mode! yes, you can still apply mindfulness and mindful meditation to your daily life just before starting to study. but beware that thinking obsessively and resisting the self-image of status quo won't change anything! you should gain traction/momentum by studying on a daily basis and whenever you've done enough of work, you'd see that your self-image improves automatically on its own. 

Edited June 10, 2020 by hamedsf

[Mind of a beast]

@hamedsf  Thank you for the advice.

So I should build self image as described in the book, right?

 

[hamedsf]

@Mind of a beast whatever! 

just remind yourself that you shouldn't escape the real work by thinking to yourself that you will find the solution in another book too! just do the real work which is studying for the freaking entrance exam PERIOD.