Discovering True Self January 18, 2023 Julie Roick Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash and my watercolor heart It took me twenty yearsNo waitlonger Fifty-five years to be more preciseBut those first thirty-five don’t countYouthI listened to Eckhart Tolle’s bookA New Earth and read it and podcasted it(is that a word)Five times in totalShazamThe light bulb goes onAnd everything is clearAnd I feel lonelyLike I’m in on a secretfor just the few who choose to AwakenI become the Observerand notice my False Selfmy Influenced SelfI like to call itbecause this Self is a product of myInfluencesAnd you are a product of yoursour stories our parentsour siblings and friendsOur communityand the expectations that go with who we think we areThoughtsUntil one day you wake upand realize it is all an illusionyou understand LIFE is an illusionEgo, False Self, Influenced Selfthe veils for our True SelfThe illusion that we are our Influenced Selvesthat we are our Egoand all of the thoughts and things and storieswe attach to it as truth isFalseOur Influenced Self shows upevery single daybecause of the hats we wearevery single daybecause of the outside and inside forcesHumanBut when we pull backfrom these storiesAll we have is the quietthe presence of the momentThe greatest gift we can give and receiveThe PresentThe one we were born with The Self that has always been thereeven if we had different storieswith different parentssiblings friends and communitiesConstant SelfThe Self of nondualityof God, of the Universeof LoveEywa if you are an Avatar fanThe nameless and the namedSpiritIt doesn’t need to take twenty yearsIt takes a moment to realizeThe space you give yourselfThe space you give others Gives space for True Self Soulful livingSo lift the veilAnd watch your Influenced Self step aside my friend this is when the real magic happenswhen every moment hasMeaning And life feels fulland peaceful without dramawithout Egowith only what mattersLOVE