What it means to be yourself
We have heard many times, people saying, or even ourselves sometimes, that we want to be ourselves. But what does that really mean?
Does that mean being of some kind of gender? Being a woman, a man or transgender.
Does that mean being from a certain nationality? From a certain race? From a certain status? Showing certain behavior? Quitting your job?
Many people could be confusing the original idea of who they are, with the identifiers that they have accumulated through their lives.
Identifiers are all the things that help you have a sense of identity, but are not really you: Your age, gender, color, religion, profession, look, etc.
To get to the essence of who we are, we need to understand the original idea of who we are. What was the idea in the head of God that created you? Before you become a living element in this planet, the universal mind said, “I have an idea, lets create him or her”. We can take it a step further in the mind of the creator and say, what was the original idea of a human being.
The first thing that we need to know about any creation is their qualities.
What are the qualities of being human, what does it mean when you call someone human, or you tell someone to act humanely, or to be human.
The answer is more than one quality, but which can be summarized in one supra- quality, that is “kindness”. Kindness includes more than one quality, it is a set of qualities that are all grouped into this meta-quality, the quality of compassion, love and understanding are part of kindness. And so are, reasoning, discernment and justice.
Then we can say that the fundamental quality that originated the idea of humanity is kindness. Not, being kind, but just kindness. A state of being.
There is a subtle difference in our level of understanding, but when applied to consciousness, makes a whole world.
Now, that we have the broader concept, we can go to the more specific concept, that is us.
Have you ever thought of what your more remarkable qualities are? Besides being human? Create a list, to then find the essence or meta-quality of the original idea of your individual self...
