Dr. Howell’s Reflections
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Who Do You Think You Are? Part 7
September 15, 2025
No one sees us exactly as we see ourselves. But as we live increasingly from our true nature, there is less of a gap between who we think we are, how others see us, and who we truly are.
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 6
September 14, 2025
Who do you think you are? It sounds like a simple question, yet it may be the most important one we ever consider. Some souls wander through life without ever truly knowing who they really are. They recognize they have a body, emotions, and a mind. Many even know that they have a soul. But few are consciously connected to many of their deeper qualities, so they cannot describe them.
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 5
September 13, 2025
Who do you think you are? It sounds like a simple question, yet it may be the most important one we ever consider. Some souls wander through life without ever truly knowing who they really are. They recognize they have a body, emotions, and a mind. Many even know that they have a soul. But few are consciously connected to many of their deeper qualities, so they cannot describe them.
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 4
September 12, 2025
I just listened to a great spiritual master leading a teaching to a global audience. This teacher is Daaji, the Global Guide for the Heartfulness movement based in Hyderabad, India. Today’s teaching was on meditation and human emotion. Daaji understands that regardless of how spiritually progressed we are, and how much meditation we have done over a lifetime, we are still human beings with human emotions. A common complaint of spiritual seekers is the following: “I have been working on myself for years and still let things upset me; I must not have developed as much as I think.” Daaji speaks to this common complaint:
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 3
September 11, 2025
I have noticed that most people feel they are good people. The research bears this out. Human beings think they are above average in being correct, honest, and reasonable (Alicke, 2005). However, research also shows that people feel less than others. Since the advent of social media, we can more readily measure how people stack up when they compare themselves to others. The results are that a large preponderance of people do not feel they compare well to others (Kayala, 2023).
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 2
September 10, 2025
Many of us define ourselves as our family defined us. Others of us find our identity for themselves. Many who are on the road to self-realization discover that we are infinite beings whose depth and potential are unlimited, so to nail down who we are is next to impossible. Our souls are infinite because as an aspect of God, they spring from the endless source of all being.
Who Do You Think You Are? Part 1
September 9, 2025
As a child, there were times when, like most kids, I was “too big for my britches.” Mama quickly corrected me by saying, “Just who do you think you are?” Her scolding usually brought me down to size. But the question, “Who do you think you are?” is not necessarily for scolding. It is an essential question that we face on the conscious or subconscious levels of our being. The question can be a sincere inquiry from another person about who we are. Or on a more profound level, we can ask ourselves by way of self-inquiry.
The False Self Part 2
May 10, 2025
One of the first things we do as children is pretend to be someone we aren’t. With magical thinking, we assume any identity we wish: people, animals, trees, cartoon characters, and more. One Halloween, I was a pirate. And I recall feeling a little more powerful and courageous as we walked up and down the streets, trick-or-treating. Then there were the characters I played in school plays. From an early age we have the freedom to pretend to be someone who we are not.
The Living Document 6
February 2, 2025
Every one of us carries some form of documentation that confirms our identity. In movies, TV, and books, some well-known lines are: "Show me your ID," "Get out your papers," and "Have your passport ready." For many of us, our driver's license is our most ready form of ID; for others, it is our social security number or birth certificate.