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[EP57] How to Stop Hiding When You Know You're Safe · AWAKEN with Dylan Ayaloo: Inner Work, Healing, Yoga & Meditation

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  The short answer, I would say, would be the mind or what has been called the ego because the ego has something to protect, right?
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  Like the focus of the ego is me, my, I, like, you know, myself, right? Like itself.
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  self. So when it is trying to, when its world, the world of the ego is revolving around itself,
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  then, you know, it's trying to make a point, it's trying to be seen, it's trying to be heard a
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  certain way. It's trying to, a lot of times already, you know, it's trying to get the things
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  that it already has or is, but you know, it doesn't have that, let's say, awareness or
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  So, you know, the mind, ironically, is seeking or trying to seek out more love, more connection, more authenticity, more freedom.
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  You know, it wants all of the things that perhaps it's not aware that it not only has, but it already is.
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  Right. Like and obviously these aspects is beyond, you know,
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  self is beyond the mind. So freedom, love, expression, you know, of our true self,
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  it's all just that, you know, it's just who we are. It's just how we are. It's the true nature
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  of who we are. Freedom, love, joy, peace, you know, abundance. It is just the truth of who we are.
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  So, you know, if we are a drop of the universe, and the universe is abundance in all forms,
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  not just money, but time, energy, love, joy, like in all forms,
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  and we are a drop of the universe,
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  then we are abundant in all the things that the universe is.
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  Therefore, we don't have to seek.
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  But the nature of the mind or the ego is that it lives in this illusion of disconnect.
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  so it has a belief unconsciously that it is disconnected from the energy of all that is
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  let's say you know the universe so therefore it is you know it sets out seeking the thing that it
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  already has and it already you know is the true nature of what it already is because of the
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  illusion of disconnect if that makes sense because it feels it is separate from it is trying to become
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  something or you know have more of the thing that it's seeking it is you know it already is
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  and that is perhaps the cosmic conundrum or maybe even joke of being a human is that you know we
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  have this amazing supercomputer that has the ability to think and solve problems
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  but when we become identified with the problem-solving machine it feels like a big problem
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  and we're not aware of what the problem is but just that there seems to be a problem and you know
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  the problem-solving machine can only do one thing which is it's sick you know it's thought it starts
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  to um seek out the answers you know it starts to like want to solve a problem and the problem
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  never existed. So it doesn't know its own state of lack of awareness or lack of consciousness,
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  let's say. So I'm speaking a lot in very woo-woo terms. So let me ground it to more, let's say,
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  tangible levels. What is it within us that feels the need to hide, perform, and protect itself?
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  you could say is the mind you know because let's say on the mind level some part of us doesn't know
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  that it is connected or doesn't you know doesn't have the awareness that we're connected to all
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  that is and we're abundant in all ways so then it's trying to generate that you know in this
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  case it's the freedom the love the expression so it is seeking that and you could say from a
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  on a mind level, somewhere in the past,
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  if we look at it from a story perspective,
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  and we can look at it almost from any perspective,
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  and we'll be able to come back to the same answer,
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  I would say.
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  Somewhere in the past, somewhere in our timeline,
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  something was said or not said enough of,
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  done or not done enough of,
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  I am or I am not, right?
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  So I'm good enough or I'm not good enough.
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  I'm worthy or normally I'm not worthy
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  so therefore that is the illusion
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  like that is the disconnect
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  so therefore the mind sets out on this journey
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  of trying to solve that because it seems like
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  that's the problem and it's a big problem
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  so it's like an existential problem
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  so it sets out on this path of
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  journey of wanting to solve this thing
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  started as a thought in the mind, which then when we focus on it enough, became a belief. And that
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  belief we focus on enough that it became, you know, feels true. So we end up solving a problem that
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  doesn't exist. So I'll go back to the question and make sure I've answered it. The question is,
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  if the true nature of self is freedom, love, and expression, what is it that still feels the need
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  to hide, perform, and protect itself, even when it knows it is safe? So knowing that it is safe,
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  you know, knowing on a knowledge level, on a thought level is not enough because we have,
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  you know, our body and the body remembers we have on an emotional level, we are energetic beings
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  having this physical experience. So just the head convincing, you know, other parts of us that like,
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  no, no, it's okay, it's safe. I have the knowledge, I have the information that says we're safe.
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  a lot of times is not enough because some part of us is still reliving that past where maybe there
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  was a time when you were not safe maybe you had to perform maybe you had to hide maybe you had to
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  do whatever to protect yourself and we tend to then keep showing up in that as a default so
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  therefore it's not even a consideration you know that that is possible for you to live in freedom
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  in love, in just, you know, your own expression of yourself, like the truth of who you are,
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  because we are stuck, you know, our world is trying to solve this thing that seems like a
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  problem, which, you know, in the case of what you're talking about here, it's like trying to
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  keep ourselves safe, you know, on some level. And it's an illusion because we are already safe,
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  just by virtue of being here, right, like of our existence. It is the truth, the true nature of
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  who and how we are.
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  But if you are safe and trying to be safe,
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  then you will keep chasing your own tail
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  and keep finding situations where you're not safe,
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  like even expressing yourself might not feel safe.
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  So I hope that is a bit more tangible.