Self in IFS

 https://www.therapywithalessio.com/articles/self-in-ifs-therapy-what-it-is-what-are-the-8-cs-and-the-5-ps-of-self

I was worried I’d misrepresented Self in IFS in my writing yesterday so checked around & I am right there are some discrepancies between common descriptions of pure consciousness & this broader notion of Self used in IFS.

I thought this article linked above was neat fleshing out the qualities of Self. Here’s a screenshot.

I think this is a great & helpful depiction for identifying when you are more or less in a centered Self state & perhaps there’s more cross over with the wide range of spiritual philosophies that have individuated fractal god consciousness at their core. Perhaps it was my misunderstanding, I was relating to teachings expressing a really pretty neutral, preferenceless awareness that did not govern anything as the Self, just the experiencer, whereas I can see perhaps my model was somewhat miserly & limited in ways for some reason. This version feels far more true on all levels to me so perhaps it was just my mistake. Anyway, I just thought to add this as it’s like a map or a compass for experiencing Self vs our variously burdened parts.