False Identities

“Your true nature is not something you have to find: it is what you are already, when you are not identified with your thoughts and feelings.”

~ Eckhart Tolle

Knowing yourself as awareness changes literally everything. (See previous Newsletter edition “Who Am I?”).??

But likely, this knowledge has simply compelled your curiosity … with a wide chasm between understanding how this can possibly “change literally everything”.

Coolio.??

I was doubtful too and am up for the challenge to help you see this all clearer.? But you gotta hang with me here.? Your willingness is paramount.

Curious, willing, and compelled from within to explore this is the place to be.

True Nature

Your true nature, awareness, is wholeness, fulness, love itself.? It is the potent potential of life, and is the source of the freedom, flow, joy, creativity, expansive aliveness, peace, connection, etc. - all of the f*ckin goodness you desire.

So, if true nature is all of this deliciousness and that’s who I am, then why is burnout at an all time high?? Why are we a lonely, disconnected, searching people, with strained & broken relationships, instead of centered in the knowing of this so called wholeness of who I am as awareness? ?

Great Q!

A "Me" Is Created

You see, early in life, connection to this knowing was severed.??

Fear based energetic conclusions were made quite early in one’s life.? These conclusions occurred unconsciously and without consent.? It wasn’t the child’s fault, but simply a byproduct of this reality.??

Attention was lurched, projected outward, disconnecting one from true nature within.??

Conclusions created a mind-based egoic “me” - a me that isn’t enough, doesn’t matter, isn’t valued, isn’t worthy of love, isn’t able to receive, doubts itself, etc. (insert your specific versions of this).?

In addition, these conclusions created a distorted lens of polarity per se, through which life is perceived & received.??

The mind then experiences the distortion due to these conclusions, and is caught up in the protection of the mind-based “me” that has been created.??

The “me” who isn’t enough and isn’t lovable, that then spends a lifetime trying to prove itself, seeking validation.?

And where is this validation sought?? Externally.? Because remember, attention got disconnected from one’s true nature within, from the truth of who I am and projected outward.? Disconnected from one’s true identity, false identities are the only option (i.e. the mind based egoic "me" and its various versions).

These false identities need protected, validated, loved even.? False identities of not enough, not lovable, not worthy, not valued, etc. In essence, it is the case of looking for love & identity in all the wrong places … out there, in things, places, relationships, sex, finances, success, validation from others, social media attention, affirmation from family, etc.?

So, what now?

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

~ Albert Einstein

Wake Up

The invitation is to wake up to the truth of who you are as awareness, and know yourself as that.? Not a knowing from the knowledge level of your mind, but in your beingness. Intimate with this truth within.

This also solves the issue of the fear-based mind and the egoic identity conclusions being in the way … but I’m getting ahead of myself here.

Hopefully you can see a tad bit more why knowing the truth of who I am can change literally everything.?

Whew.? I think this is plenty for this edition.??

We will continue teasing out these concepts and gaining an understanding of them.??Look forward to the next issue of Intimacy Within on Sunday.

Want more???

Even if this makes your head hurt a little, allow.? Embody the posture of allowing.? Reading and engaging with this material will absolutely in time begin to shift things for you.? A nugget here, a nugget there. The timing is different for everyone.? But your willingness and allowing with an openness is the catalyst for this to take place.

Ask yourself & journal upon these questions:

- What feels like sandpaper to your soul?

- What feels invigorating, inspiring, maybe even exciting?

- What do you feel afraid of?

- What questions arise?

→ I'd love you to post your question(s) in the comments below.? I will be happy to create a video post answering your question for the benefit of all! Nothing is too big, too silly, too little of a question. They all are valid and will lead us to the same place.

Thank you for engaging and participating.

Until next time,

Biggest love!

Linzy