Lesson 1 Review Answers

Submodule 1

Q1) How can you solve many of your problems?

You can solve almost all of your problems by knowing WHY you do WHAT you do. The reasons you have for doing things or avoiding them have a lot to do with your ultimate goal in life. Your ultimate goal is determined by the level of your Sense of Self: If you have a Healthy Sense of Self, you’re doing the things for their own sake. If you have a Lack of Sense of Self, your reasons are rooted in your past and are stored in your subconscious mind. Those reasons though, may turn out to no longer be beneficial. Without you being aware of it, you may still be driven to gain approval from that most important person in your life, usually the one who raised you. Unfortunately, if you ended up with a LoSoS, this person failed to acknowledge and value you as your own, unique and potentially autonomous human being. That was and is a crucial pain point in your life and you are still trying to make them change their mind about you.

Q2) Why is it important to be totally honest with yourself?

It is extremely important that you be completely honest with yourself, because this determines whether or not you will achieve the desired result: solving the problems that made you decide to do this course. Most people have a strong urge to “Feel-good-about-themselves”, at the expense of everything else. This makes it tempting to bypass hard-to-accept truths about yourself and about your loved-ones. However, to benefit from your work with the Sense of Self Method, you have to make sincere efforts to discover these truths and not shy away from any confrontation.

Q3) WHY is it so important to know WHY you do WHAT you do?

Knowing WHY you do WHAT you do, sheds a light on the nature of your motivation, which gives you insight in what you are all about. Your motivation can be healthy or unhealthy. Unhealthy motivation is based on a Lack of Sense of Self and can be the source of serious problems. Healthy motivation is an indicator that you are a person with a Healthy Sense of Self, which makes you more prone to being happy and successful. The goal of the SoS Course is to cure your motivation and have you shift your motivation from unhealthy to healthy. By curing your motivation, you are healing your Sense of Self so you become the master of your Self. This way, you too, are setting yourself up for a happy and successful life.