Activity

Once this truth sinks deep, that ‘I can only be myself’ all ideals disappear.

Life is a various confluence of patterns and this quote is the splendid dance of realisation that you are not here to play a role designed by the external – the society, the expectations, or the so-called ideals. These are but colours thrown upon the canvas of your existence, obscuring the real picture of who you are.

“I can only be myself” is a statement bursting with truth. To understand this is to stand at the gates of freedom. Each person comes into this world with a unique essence, an individual blueprint so to speak. When you stride through life attempting to match the strides of another, imitating ideals, and absorbing societal moulds, you stray from this essence. You don the borrowed robes and lose sight of the original garb that is you.

It means to drop the false, the projected, the expected. It is to cease the relentless pursuit of becoming this or that as per the whims of the collective conscience. Ideals are often the illusions, mirages in the desert of societal norms. They can lead to a constant state of becoming, never being, always reaching but never grasping the self within you.

To let this truth sink into your being is to wash away the dust of all those ideals, to see clearly the face that peers back in the still pond of your consciousness. It is the end of conflict, for there is no longer a discrepancy between who you perceive yourself to be and who you truly are.

This understanding calls for an inward journey – a peeling away of layers upon layers of conditioned beliefs, values, and roles. It is a journey back home to the self, the core, the essence of your being. From this place of centeredness, life becomes a spontaneous expression, a natural flow, and thus, each moment is lived in authenticity. You become a force of nature, unencumbered and free.

So, embrace this path for it is in embracing your unique melody that the symphony of life is enriched. Be yourself, and all else will align as it must, in perfect harmony with your being.