reate a mental bubble that protects us from the sense of uncertainty we get through the contemplation of our selves.Combining the essence of the wisdom of the two above-mentioned philosophers, I would now like to further clarify what can be understood as the true self, and, if it exists, what can likewise be understood as the false self or perceived self. Frankl suggested that love transcends all perceived boundaries. Here I would like to share an experience of my own that will help clarify the meaning of the true nature of our selves. Up until one year ago I always had a lot of problems with my mother. Our relationship, though much better than during my teenage years, was still quite frequently strained for reasons too manifold to be elaborated upon in this paper. Last summer then, I underwent a life-changing healing session with an advanced healer in which I instantly and profoundly realized that all the grudge I had held against my mother had, in reality, only been love in disguise! In some ways, the resentment I had felt against my mother had been nothing else but an expression of pure love that had been covered through the conceptions of hurt and pain that I had accepted into my life. I, myself, had never been bad or otherwise of imperfect nature because I had felt these sentiments against my mother. On the contrary, in truth these sentiments had merely covered what was a profound love towards my mother.It has been a short investigation, so far, into the true nature of the self. I believe, however, that, at this point, we have covered sufficient material to at least make a tentative assumption. We have gathered, from all the logical deductions made in the first part, that there may exist a perceived self and a true self. In addition to this, Frankl suggested that the true self was where the deepest meaning of love could be found. And both Frankl and Pieper recommended that the contemplation of the inner life is crucial to perceivin...
