The movement to second-half-of-life wisdom has much to do with necessary shadow work and the emergence of healthy self-critical thinking, which alone allows you to see beyond your own shadow and disguise and to find who you are “hidden [with Christ] in God,” as Paul puts it (Colossians 3:3). The Zen masters call it “the face you had before you were born.” This self cannot die and always lives, and is your True Self.
