Are you living a lie?

No, no – don’t get defensive! Consider what I am asking…and answer the questions honestly (you don’t have to share with the class, but just think about it)

Are you able to be 100% authentic with everyone in your life?

Are you 100% open and honest with everyone you deal with?

Do you want to be?

Chances are while you would like to be 100% authentic, open and honest, you find that there are circumstances in which you simply can not be;that there are situations in which, or people to whom you have to present a specific persona in order to get things done.

If you consider your life carefully (especially if you are an indigo or someone who is interested in spiritual concepts but whose family or close friends are not) you will find that over the years you have developed an outer self. This outer self is your mask, and you wear a mask more often than not because people treat you like an actual person when you wear it and not like some freak of nature. Call it a shell persona if you will. It is the face that we present to the world.

As handy as this shell persona is, there comes a time in each person’s life when it becomes a liability rather than an asset; when it is time to discard the shell persona and release the person that you truly are. You will know when it is time to discard the shell, for you will feel hampered, constricted, like a snake trying to crawl out of its own skin or a butterfly trying to break out of its chrysalis.

Divesting yourself of the shell persona is not easy. In fact, it is probably one of the most difficult things you will ever do. Things you thought were important; things you were taught were important, will take on an entirely new meaning as the light of awareness illuminates them for what they are; dim reflections of how things were meant to be.

When you realize that you have been looking at reflection of the sun and not the sun itself; that you have been taking the reflection as the truth, you will turn away from it and, blinking, look into the sun of realization.

It’s going to hurt your eyes. There will be moments of incredible pain as long held assumptions, beliefs, even relationships fall by the wayside. You will feel guilt for the pain your choices inflict, especially in regards to specific ego-bound situations and relationships. But it is far worse to continue it under false assumptions. For if you can no longer grow, if the situation or relationship is hampering or interfering with your spiritual growth, if it is keeping you from your purpose, keeping you from fully shedding that too-small skin or hampering you from unfurling your wings, then it has most likely served its purpose and, difficult and painful as it is, it is most likely time to move on.

There are going to be those who rage and storm at the changes they perceive in you. They will not be able to understand what is compelling you to shed all that is holding you back. They will serve as ego’s voice in decrying your actions as selfish, illogical, or unrealistic. They will warn you of how much the world dislikes true authenticity, how in order to get ahead you need to keep that shell persona, and it will be up to you to decide what it is you really want, whether you can continue to live (and ultimately wither away) in that to tight skin…

or if it’s time to spread your wings and fly….