This piece is concise and intended to be absorbed gradually, chapter by chapter. It encourages reflection on challenging points. The idea is that changing one's mindset is most effective when not constrained by old ideas. Drawing a parallel with Jesus' warning about new wine in old skins, the text suggests that unless we become a new 'I,' our thinking can be damaged. The Holy Spirit, represented as the new wine, cannot fit into your old ways.
One needs a new 'I' attached to God's Spirit to accommodate the new wine, as God cannot fit into the old wineskin. The text emphasizes that the flesh cannot be the source of godliness. By trusting in God's abilities and becoming a new wineskin of trust, our union with God creates a new, expansive 'I,' displacing old thoughts for new ones. The narrative refers to a personal realization that 'dying to self' has been accomplished and identifies a new 'I' housing and expressing God, a process that Christ perfectly accomplished and can continue in others.
It took the author 55 years to comprehend that the new 'I' isn't rejuvenating the old 'i' but replacing it with Christ, where the new self is the soul glued to God's will by love.
Trusting in God means rejecting the limitations of the flesh. The text encourages giving time for new or challenging thoughts on this theme to find a place in one's heart, referencing Galatians 2:20. The old 'I' is declared nonexistent, with Christ living 'us.' The current life is experienced through trust in God's Son, who continues to give selflessly. The new 'I' extends to a new 'US.'