The True Self
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Welcome to the Day 4 of the "Self-Love in Abundance" Event.
Our true self is hidden beneath many layers of conditioning by our immediate environment. We pretend to like things we actually don’t, sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously. We agree to do things to fit in. We behave differently in front of different people and we become different people when we are alone.
“To find your true self, do not look in the mirror but within yourself.”
The answer to connecting with our true self is inside us alone. We can either keep it inside or we can let it out. It takes years and years to build our identity. Thus, our true identity gets wrapped inside the social convention, peer pressure, inferiority complex, etc. But when we decide to get rid of these, we shall be able to reconnect with our true selves.
“Be yourself.”
Question: What would you tell your true self today?
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@VerseArt
Sweet post, Verse! Agreed, to find the real you, inside is the place we should look for ♥️
One thing I'd tell my true self ?
"I can't wait to meet you, you seem to be one amazing person, it would be great to hang out with you sometime hehe sooooo, just Hang in there, we'll meet pretty soon, I am coming for ya, halfway right there "♥️
@VerseArt
Alienation is an always present tendency to me, that I try to counteract.
Some is reasonable, normal life often involves focusing on external circumstances and thinking about many things, not just yourself,
But I always try to get back to myself. When I catch me I lost me, I say to myself "Come Back, Come back..."When I am back with my true self, I mostly keep in silence.
Sometimes I tell myself "May I be well, may I be in peace, may I be filled with love, may I be happy", a set of aspirations that I learned from Pema Chödrön, my top favorite author in these matters.
All the best !
Marcelo
@VerseArt
I would tell my true self that it is more than okay to relax, and let yourself BE Not to worry or overthink about the impossible, and to always stay true through the good and the bad times!
@VerseArt
Question: What would you tell your true self today?
This is a really nice question. I often try to hide my true self and excusing myself to be anything else by saying "I need to be humble" or "I don't want to show that I am boasting or something." But today, I want to write something that is truer than anything else.
I would like to tell my true self today how much I appreciate her for simply existing: "I know I try to mask you away by putting on a facade that I believe people will like much more when in reality it's you who is worth knowing better than anything else I put up for a show. You're the one who is behind the words I write but I keep you from realizing that at times and I am sorry for that. You are amazing and you're not someone who is meant to be hidden. I am gathering up all my courage to let you completely take over because I want everyone to know me as you. I am honoured to be you."