Just let Go and Be Yourself

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED with an article I read recently in One- A Survival Guide for the future written by Andrew Martin. Seeing as the article was free to share on Social Media,I opted instead to share it here, that is after doing a little bit of editing, adding and subtracting as I usually do, to keep it in tune with the message I'm trying to convey in  Mind WorX.

You need to let go of the ego and just be yourself. You don’t need to be anything or anybody. You don’t need to impress anyone. As a society we have become wholly consumed with materialism, of having the latest in everything. We constantly worry about how we look, how we impress others. What the hell for? Who cares? We are obsessed with trying to fulfill other people’s expectations of us.

That doesn’t really make any sense. It just drives us to distraction, always trying to prove ourselves to others.

Even when we succeed at creating the right look, social status, image or whatever it is we are trying to achieve, most people don’t take one bit of notice.

They are preoccupied with their own self image, so they don’t give a rat’s arse about you! So why bother?

 American spiritual teacher and philosopher Vernon Howard once  said, man has a false sense of identity. He thinks he is his false self,  which he is not. He is his True Self, but doesn't know it.

All man's efforts to impress others can be traced back to his utterly  vain attempt to prove this false sense of identity. The egotistical self  craves and demands attention and applause, but man is not his ego-  self.

 Our preoccupation with our exterior persona (the person we think we  are) has diverted us from realizing who we truly are. Once we have let  go of our ego state we will feel a freedom, a freedom that allows us to truly experience life to its fullest without the weight of expectation holding us back. Life is indeed a wondrous miracle. We just need to become aware of it...

Dan’s Quote: “Do you live life as though nothing is a miracle...
_____________Or do you live life as though everything is a miracle?”

 

Header Picture: Mudjimba Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.
Mudjimba Island can be seen on the horizon.
It is known locally as ‘Old Mother Hubbard Island’ because it looks a bit like her shoe.

Inserted picture thanks to Karen Salmansohn.