That's right, Identity theft can kill you at its worst and at its best can make you miserable. Fortunately, I'm not talking about Identity theft of your Social Security number or credit file, though that can be horrible. I'm talking about your true authentic Self being stolen. And who steals it? The only person that can, Yourself!! It's not really stealing in the conventional sense of the word, you don't take it away never to be found again. But your true self is stolen when you don't live it. When you repress it rather than expressing it.
Authentic means; Real or Genuine, True or Accurate. Ask yourself this question. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, how real or genuine were you yesterday? Seriously, how true were you to your True Self yesterday? In my experience, the vast majority of people severely over rate themselves, including me. Why? I believe the reason why is that we don't take the time to even consider who our True Self is for the most part. We have been conditioned into uncomfortable numbness you crazy diamond (little play on Pink Floyd).
That uncomfortable numbness is a state that we are not even consciously aware of, but it doesn't really feel that great, certainly not as great as we are capable of experiencing "great" as. We have allowed ourselves to be conditioned to see life working a particular way, and then we adapt to that way thinking it will be better when we do. Essentially, life happens to us and we deal with it the best we can. It's like a train moving down a track and we are along for the ride and we react to the scenery as we pass through it. Don't think so, look around you.
Just take the train of the economy, we are all on it cruising along living our lives for the most part oblivious to the fact it cannot be sustained. Why does the US government need to develop a new fighter jet called the F35 for a projected cost of over $400 Billion dollars? Why do 30,000 people die every year in the United States during a medical procedure they don't need? Why is the United States the most medicated population in the world? To Prop up an economy that cannot be sustained, that's why. And most of the participants are unaware of their participation in the dis-function.
My point is not political, my point is we think we are oblivious to a unsustainable way of living. As Howard Zinn said "You can't be neutral on a moving train", and by being along for this ride, we are uncomfortably numb. Our True Self sees what is happening, our Ego does not, and there is a tug of war of sorts. The True Self isn't worried, she knows all will work out regardless of how the external circumstances play out. But in between, it just does not feel right. Angst, anxiety, neurosis, disease, addictions all manifest out of this place of not being aligned with our true self but not understanding how to alleviate that "Not right" feeling.
Whats the answer then? Well, the good news is you only have to be concerned with you, the rest will take care of itself. One of my favorite teachers, Gabrielle Bernstein posted a video today about a lesson she learned on her way to Brazil. The lesson was, "You don't need to get your way, you only need to get out of your way". For me that means, little ego, step aside and allow your True Self to come forth. The more you do that, the more of a positive impact you have on those you interact with. And its as easy as changing your thoughts. Seriously its that easy.
So do it, spend a little time on you today. Just sit and quite the mind, do Yoga, exercise, write, do your art, do what centers you......and ask sincerely, "What would you have me do today?". And just let it be, you don't need to make an effort to get the message......what will happen is, you will notice yourself in a state somewhat less than positive, and you will change your thinking and your whole experience will shift. You will have taught yourself it is always about your thinking as the cause and the world as the effect. You, the teacher has just taught You, the Student and that is a miracle!!!!
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