The Architect of Self Version 3

Michelangelo was asked how he managed to carve the statue of David out of a huge block of marble. 

He explained that he simply visualized David and then carved away everything "that was not David"

What are those that do not truly belongs to you? 

All that does not stays with you permanently, do not truly belong to you.

Your reality will be revealed when you carve away all those that do not truly belongs to you. 

A poem

They asked the master, calm and wise,  

“How did you make this form arise?”  

He said, “The shape was always there,  

I cut away what shouldn’t dare.”

I saw the soul, the lines, the face,  

And cleared the stone with measured grace.  

What wasn’t David had to go—  

Each flake removed, a deeper glow.

Now turn within and ask anew:  

What truly stays? What flows with you?  

What fades with time, what slips, what sways

Those things were never yours to raise.

 

Your truth is carved through loss and art,  

By letting go, you find your heart.  

When all that’s false is cleared aside,  

The self remains, no need to hide.