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Finding the real you
Deep within us, there is a direct connection to the Divine. You are not who you think you are. But we let an image of ourselves be in the way. That is according to “The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself”.
Clinging to your self-concept
If you dare to look, you will see that you live your entire life based on the model you built around yourself. But it is not who you are. It is just the thoughts you have pulled around yourself in an attempt to define yourself. It all comes down to understanding why we are clinging to our self-concept. We work hard to build a world within the confines of our inner walls, and we decorate our walls with the memories of our past experiences and with our dreams of the future.
You are in between walls
That is the visual: you are inside a house, totally sealed off from natural light, and the house is sitting in the middle of an open field full of brilliant light. Your house is made of your thoughts and emotions. The walls are made of your psyche. That’s what that house is. It is all your past experiences, thoughts, emotions, concepts, views, opinions, beliefs, hopes, and dreams that you have collected around yourself.
Break down the walls
Now imagine the walls crumbling down and the effortless release of consciousness expanding into the…