Five Essential Steps to Authenticity – Authentic You, Part 2. Are you willing to be real? Authenticity is a conscious connection to our heart, and as such, we live in a place of love in relation to not only ourselves, but with all others. This is a tall order, but the only way to find peace within yourself.
"What does it mean to live in authentic connection?
"... The courage to be you, to feel your fears yet not get triggered by them, is a powerful source of creativity. The intention to courageously express your authentic self consists of actions that put dynamic processes into motion.
"What does it mean to live in authentic connection?
Authenticity is permission we give ourselves to be real, to be who we are, consciously aware of warts and graces.
This permission frees us to give and live in relation to our self and others, especially key others, from a place of love, and not fear. Authenticity is knowing how to love our self, others and our life with our whole heart.
Authenticity, a conscious connection to our heart.
“Love is the basic need of human nature, for without it, life is disrupted emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically.” ~ KARL MENNINGER
When we love with our whole heart, we feel safe enough to face our fears.
And, our deepest fears are not about spiders, snakes or bridges, which are surface fears.
Our deepest fears have to do with connection, closeness, intimacy, and relationships; they are matters of the heart.
These core fears have to do with shared human concerns about not being recognized, understood, accepted for who we are, or being invisible or overshadowed by the other. They are existential fears, such as fear being rejected, abandoned, or judged as defective or inadequate, not good enough, dismissed, and the like.
We cannot eliminate this fear. It serves a purpose. It’s there to teach and grow us, strengthen and transform our relationships. We are designed to withstand these fears, and to struggle with them.
It’s not the fears per se that get us stuck or take over our brain’s higher thinking functions, however. It’s our fear of fear. This fear stems from not knowing how to stop our brain from thinking anxious thoughts that produce an anxious mind, or eventually a depressed or emotionally numb mind.
At root, fear of intimacy is fear of knowing ourselves up close."
Unconditional love for self.
“Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.” ~ KARL MENNINGER
Practicing self-love is as far from being selfish or narcissistic as possible. Love and empathic connection is our nature, it’s built-in to the design of our brain. Loving your self consists of caring about your life, the health of your mind, body and relationships, and loving your self for all you are and are meant to be, rather than for what you “do” or do “not” do. Your love is a unique contribution to the world. And, that’s what you are here for—to be you, to express your love and contribute in a way that no one else can, to realize that you can and do make a difference."
"... The courage to be you, to feel your fears yet not get triggered by them, is a powerful source of creativity. The intention to courageously express your authentic self consists of actions that put dynamic processes into motion.
You experience the fullness of your authentic self in opportune moments in which you realize the power of your capacity for breaking free of fear to access your imagination and creative choices."
Five Essential Steps to Authenticity – Authentic You, Part 2, You are a star, a generating source of love and creativity. Creating a meaningful life of love seems to be a shared purpose.
Five Essential Steps to Authenticity – Authentic You, Part 2, You are a star, a generating source of love and creativity. Creating a meaningful life of love seems to be a shared purpose.
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