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Dare to believe you are not who you think you are

Do you think you know yourself?  In the first blog A for Awaken, we touched on the concept that for most of the time when we are not really fully awake and living consciously then we are half asleep and living from our sub-conscious.

Our sub-conscious holds all the programming of information, sequences and patterns that we have been taught as we’ve grown up and we are also taught to think that this is who we are.

When we are born we only have the fear of falling and loud noises. So where did all the other thoughts, fears, beliefs and values that we have come from? 

Basically all the things we think we know about ourselves, our values, our beliefs, our behaviours and everything else came from  others around us. Our parents, carers, teachers, peers, environment, society, figures in authority and anything and everyone else we were taught to listen to.  Some of this was good stuff, however a lot of it isn’t exactly what we need to be ourselves.

In essence, in our thoughts we are the culmination of everything we have taken on and believe to be true about ourselves and the world around us. And that’s great if all these things are truly supportive, encouraging, uplifting, inspiring and motivational, and they give us great feelings about ourselves, our family, community and the world. 

If they don’t then like the majority of us, we have thoughts and beliefs about ourselves that are less then encouraging and supportive, and these can lead in some cases to all sorts of damaging behaviours and actions that we don’t feel proud of.  But here’s the thing. That isn’t you.   

What if I was to tell you that what you think about who you are, is not who you are?  In the blog S is for Script, I will go into detail about who you think you are, but for now I invite you to think about who you really are.

You are everything that’s good. A spiritual being having a human experience on this earth and at your core is the very thing that created you which is Love.  Thus you cannot hurt yourself or another when you understand who you really are.

Ok, is this getting a bit deep here?  Think about this.  As a baby you had simple needs, to be fed, watered, have a safe place to live, be loved, to sleep and go to the loo. To begin with we really care about little else. We behave instinctively to get those needs met and for most we do the same things.

As we grow up we add to those needs with being valued, feeling significant in some way, having some certainty, connection with others, desire to grow and also to contribute back. As we grew we learnt to go about meeting these needs differently, in ways that we were taught and influenced to.  We took on others beliefs, for example from our parents those own beliefs have been passed down generations, and then we think that we ourselves created them in our mind and must therefore represent who we are.

If you have ever said something that you didn’t really believe. If you have behaved in a way that you really know wasn’t you. If you ever have thoughts that you feel frightened that you could think.  Then know that these things are not coming from you.        

Dare to believe that you are not who you think you are. You are the absence of all the things you wouldn’t choose (see C for Choosing) to be, do or think.  

You are quite simply awesome.

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Until next time,

Alfie X