I am currently reading a lot of material on the search for the authentic self in leadership. But I remain convinced that the authentic/real self is "hidden" in Christ. We find our deepest ground of being in our relationship with our Creator.Thomas Merton, who wrote volumes on this subject, gives some good insights:
"Every one is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man that I want to be but who cannot exist, because God does not know anything about him. An to be unknown of God is altogether too much privacy."
Source: Merton, T (1962). New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions.
