In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus

In The Naked Now, Richard Rohr talks about emptying ourselves of self.  He says that

" 'In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus...'

1.Your "state" is also divine. Hold it confidently (the True Self in God).
2. But do not cling to it with any form of self-validation or importance.
3. Instead, "empty yourself" and refuse to self-name----either up or down, positively or negatively.
4. Enter fully into your humble human state of failure and weakness, even to the point of complete detachment, if called to or if possible.
5. Now God can pick you up at the right time, when God is ready.
6.  God can "name" you correctly, secretly, truthfully, and always lovingly, by Him and as His (Experienced True Self).
7. This Self is indestructible, un-offendable, and already in heaven." ( p. 173)   

(This idea is based on a Christian hymn  from Philippians 2:6-11.)

Since none of us human beings are perfect, accepting/witnessing ourselves with human weaknesses seems like something that would be beneficial.  The self is weak.  It does fail.  Although this weakness is not the Truth of Who we are in the absolute sense, it is who we are in the human sense.  If we do not accept this, then we will be trying to achieve the impossible and trying to be something that we are not.

By accepting ourselves as limited and weak, we will be able to accept the same in others.  We will look upon ourselves and others with soft eyes instead of with judgment.

Not labeling ourselves as good or bad while accepting that the human state is limited can help us to let go of identifying with the false self and open us to the Truth that is at the core of our being.

Allow life to take you deeper into Self by accepting and witnessing your humanness, accepting your divine state without using it to build a stronger ego, and then waiting.  Wait for God to name you.  It is then that you will find your Self, that which is a pure expression of God.