• Self-support is ego-support, because your true support comes only from God, never from self.
• Self-directed is ego-directed, but following and being under the Spirit constitutes finding right direction.
• Self-reflection is ego-reflection, but reflecting on God in order to glorify and praise God has endless benefits.
• Self-preservation is ego-preservation, because you have no abilities or capabilities that allow you to preserve or safeguard your being or self.
• Self-understanding is ego-understanding, because the human self can never be known or understood as concepts, habits, images, things, thoughts, or traits.