Lessons On Authenticity

Lessons On Authenticity

I looked at him as if it were the first time I had ever really seen him, because it was. The true version of him. No thoughts, no body, no personality—just Awareness. Throughout my journey, John* has been my teacher, guide, and supporter, among other things. But today, in my vision, he was my mirror. Every bit of the false self was removed, stripped away, revealing pure consciousness.

Over the last few years, I’ve been experiencing an undoing, an unraveling of my false self. Many call it a spiritual awakening, but it’s really a journey back home. And now, with my identity fallen away, here we are—Awareness observing Awareness. Two nobodies Being nobodies together.

It struck me that the greatest gift you can give to someone is to see them with fresh eyes. To offer them the chance to be their authentic self. To release all of your ideas and beliefs about them and just BE with them. No judgments. No expectations. We see them from the observer's perspective, also known as God Consciousness, where we refrain from letting the mind fill in the gaps with historical context or preconceived notions of who they are.

In this space, the essence of connection lies—not in what we think we know about each other, but in the quiet recognition of each other's pure presence. Here, we don’t need words, nor do we need to understand. We simply are.