Becoming One of Them

When we join a group,
we mirror the attitudes of those around us.

We become someone else.
And we’ve been doing this since birth.

‘Becoming’ is deviating from what we are – which is consciousness without labels – as we hand over our reality and adopt others’ labels and expectations. As a result, we doubt, as our need for belonging outweighs the discomfort of being an outsider. Over time, adopting a label comes to feel more real than our own perception. Accepting others’ definition of what we are can feel safer than risking being cast out for being different.

But what if we genuinely see differently?

Letting an authority figure, peer group or culture tell us what we are removes the choice of trusting intuition and insight – our subtle reasoning tools.

The purpose of life is to distinguish what is truth,
and what is merely a belief in what’s true.