Bound by the Illusions

I looked at the tag she was wearing. It had the store logo on the top, followed by “Hello, my name is…”, and then her name in bold black letters.

She saw me looking at her tag. She pushed her shoulders back ever so slightly and stood a little taller.

That tag identified who and what she was; it gave her a purpose; a place in society; an identity.

And it was all a lie.

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During our physical life, we all struggle to find our place and to find out who we are.

We identify ourselves – and our “worth” – by how others see us; by our job; our cars, homes, clothing; or our financial status.

We identify ourselves by society’s illusion of whether or not we “made it”.

We identify ourselves with materialistic external platitudes, facades and falsehoods.

And it is all a lie.

We are dressing up, playing pretend and somewhere along the way we got so involved in playing dress-up and pretending that we forgot that it wasn’t real.

We forgot we were here to grow and learn…but we lost ourselves to the game.

The Good News

The good news is that many have begun to realize and understand the illusion. They have begun to put away the toys and distractions; and to remember who and what they really are.

Some haven’t come that far yet. Some are still wrapped up in the pretend game; some are beginning to be uncomfortable and aren’t quite sure why yet; and some sense a wrongness and have begun searching for the truth and for what is real.

We are awakening from very long slumber on planet Earth.

So Who Are We?

This lifetime on Earth is but a minuscule drop in the bucket in the reality of our existence.

Our true goals are to grow spiritually; to learn and understand and experience; to aid others in their growth, understandings and experiences (without subverting their free will), and to move beyond self-induced (or societal accepted) physical limitations and understand that we are creators.

We are only bound by the illusions we accept.

We are beautiful beings of Light and we each came from the Source.

We are pure energy that, in reality, is not bound by the physical dress-up suits that we wear.

Many are casting aside the distractions and are stepping away from the pretend game.

We have come a long way – and there is so much more awaiting us.

by Jan Toomer

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