The mask of superiority is similar to the mask of materialism and they are usually worn together. When we obtain material things or become successful through our accomplishments, we may use the mask of superiority to make us feel better than others.
If we have always felt inferior to others or not good enough in who we are, this mask may help us cope with that.
The mask of superiority is a compensation for feeling inferior. We use our possessions to give us our worth (the mask of materialism), than we make ourselves feel good by comparing ourselves to others with “less” than us to make us feel superior (the mask of superiority).
The person wearing these masks tend to find motivation to shed them when they realize the fragility in the mask and how reliant they are on other people for their sense of worth.
They put themselves in situations where their ego will be stroked and they can feel better than others.
When a time comes where they are placed in a room with a bunch of other successful people, they may crumble because their sense of individuality within their superiority is challenged.
This can be a dark place to find yourself but a place that will teach you a lot about your sense of worth and how maybe it’s time to dig deeper and find worth in ways that don’t involve comparison.
Within the mask of superiority, if you aren’t constantly comparing yourself to the “less fortunate”, you are left feeling inadequate.
This feeling of inadequacy is why we create egos in the first place. If we don’t look within ourselves to see where the inadequacy comes from we will keep masking it and it will never heal.
In my opinion, this is the birthplace of narcissism. When inadequacy, inferiority, and powerlessness come together we get very narcissistic people. People who can only feel good by bringing others down to increase their sense of superiority.
How do we heal from this mask?
It all starts with acceptance of self. If the mask is motivated by shame avoidance, then the healing will come from dealing with our shame wounds.
We need to accept and make peace with the things we don’t accept about ourselves instead of masking them in fear of others seeing them.
We move from silence into speaking about our shame. One of the most vulnerable things a person can do but also one of the most liberating things person can do to unbind themselves from their shame.
When we live in our minds we are overly identified with ego. We cannot heal a matter that was created by the ego with the ego.
This is why present moment awareness is so crucial when doing this work.
We need to drop out of the mind and into the heart where we can connect with aspects of ourselves that only know love, not fear.
The ego speaks the language of fear, whereas the heart speaks the language of love.
If you want to be more heart centred, then you need to find the present moment which is the only place where your heart is accessible.
My latest book Be The Space is a loving guide to creating inner space through present moment awareness.
I wrote the book specifically for this purpose so you can have a loving guide to assist you in making this transformation.
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