The life of self-realisation, on the other hand, is a life of genuine self-expression; and a life of genuine self-expression is obviously a life of fearless sincerity.

In such a life there is no place for untruthfulness or any member of its impish brood.

The one concern of the child, as of the man, is to be loyal to intrinsic reality, to be true to his true self.

His standard is always inward, not outward.
He knows that he is what he is, not what he is reputed to be.
_Quantum unusquisque est in oculis Tuis, tantum est et non amplius._ Here, then, as elsewhere, we see that the difference between the morality of externalism and the morality of self-realisation is a difference, not of degree but of direct antagonism,--the difference between a poison and its antidote, between the cause of a malady and the cure.
While the path of self-realisation is emancipating us from egoism and sensuality, in what general direction is it leading us?
Is its ethical ideal positive or merely negative?
And if it is positive, what is its character, and how is it to be realised?
The answer to this question will be given in the remaining sections.
_The Social Aspect of Self-realisation._ He must either be richly endowed with "the good things of life" or be of an exceptionally optimistic disposition, who can view the existing social order with complete satisfaction.

Even among those who are richly endowed with "the good things of life" there must be many who realise that the "Have-nots" have some cause for complaint.