Near the beginning of my spiritual journey, I craved moments where I could be alone.
When I was out in the world and around other people, I felt like I had to wear masks. I had to adhere to the roles and expectations that society had of me to be accepted.
My personality changed based on my company and it was only in moments of silence and stillness, when I was away from the prying eyes of society, did I feel like I could truly be my Authentic Self.
In this blog post, we’ll explore who your Authentic Self is, what obscures it, and how to get back to the Highest Version of You.
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Who is your Authentic Self
Your Authentic Self is you beneath all the masks.
All throughout our lives, we wear different masks – they correspond to the roles of mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, partner, friend, companion, teacher, student, guide, and so on and so forth.
When we are in these roles, we are expected to follow certain rules and customs. For example, a teacher cannot behave as a brother to his or her students and a mother must behave differently with her children than with her partner.
Your Authentic Self is the version of you that exists and is the undercurrent beneath all the masks you wear.
Ideally, you’re able to coexist with the masks, take them off, and put them back on whenever you want or need.
What obscures your Authentic Self?
When you don’t take the time to step back from the roles you have in life and take off the metaphorical masks, you lose sight of your infinite nature and begin to identify with the masks you wear.
Then, instead of embodying your Authentic Self, you take on a limited identity with self-limiting beliefs and patterns that come from the masks you’re so used to wearing.
Over time, this compounds and obscures your Authentic Self from view.
How to Come Home to Your Authentic Self
When you lose sight of your Authentic Self, you will start to feel lost, disconnected and misunderstood. Eventually, you’ll begin to question who you really are and embark on a search for purpose in life. This signals the beginning of your spiritual awakening journey.
The journey consists of breaking free of the mould of society, finding fulfillment, and raising your level of consciousness.
In a way, this is a natural process in the soul’s evolution and journey toward moksha or self-realization.
Spirituality is nothing but reconnecting with and returning to your Self, and this stage of your spiritual awakening journey is very precious.
Tools for the Journey Home
Each mask you wear in life is beautiful and brings out different skills and aspects of your consciousness.
The spiritual journey is not a journey of discarding the masks; rather it’s a journey of realizing that you are separate from them.
And though the journey home to your Authentic Self may be coloured with self-doubt, fear, and insecurity, there are powerful tools that have been around for millennia to help you navigate this path.
One such tool is yoga.
Yoga and spirituality are deeply intertwined and both of them are widely-misunderstood.
Asanas are not just postures – they represent a drop in the ocean of yoga where yoga is the science of consciousness, a philosophy and a way of life.
In my own journey, it was the regular practice of yoga that helped me navigate the journey home to my infinite, unshakable nature.
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