When you can see your self-image as just one of many possible trees rather than being trapped inside it, you gain the ability to change it
Most people are so identified with their self-image that they experience it as reality rather than as a construct they could alter. The moment you gain meta-perspective — seeing your self-image as just one configuration among many — you can take control and reshape it.
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See Your Self-Image as One Tree — Not the Whole Forest
When you learn about your self-image and see it as just one of the trees rather than being trapped inside it, you can change and take control of it