Is Self-Mastery What Gets You to Flush?

Self mastery is shaping yourself according to your ideals, period. That process of self shaping that's done deliberately and that is brought into each challenge that you face ends up being the pattern for how you master yourself. In some sense, a critique of the more Freudian approaches has been that their idea of how you resolve inner conflicts can sometimes be seen as bringing your actions into line with your desires. There is this deep divide in psychology between what in a sense is the real foundation of growth.