YOUR TRUE IDENTITY
by Lawrence Wilson, MD
©
November 2010, The Center For Development
This short article is written to
remind us that our true identity is not defined by our birth. That is, oneÕs true identity has
nothing to do with oneÕs nationality, place of birth, race, color, religion, or
blood family relations. This is a
very difficult concept for some people to understand. Nor does it have to do with oneÕs language, oneÕs
occupation, oneÕs husband, wife, children, the size of oneÕs home, the car one
drives, the amount of money in the bank one has, or other superficial things
such as oneÕs clothing, for example.
WHAT IS YOUR TRUE
IDENTITY?
Your true identity has to do
with several factors, as explained below:
1. You are a human
being. This may seem obvious from outward
appearance. However, this is quite
a distinction, as the human body is an amazing marvel of engineering, chemical
processing, structural integrity, electrical and chemical balance, and much,
much more.
You share this aspect of your
identity with all other human beings, no matter where or when they were born,
and no matter what superficial outer qualities they have.
The human being is much more
than its physical appearance, or even its chemical makeup and capacities. The more advanced capabilities of all
humans are explored in the section on the Articles page of this website
entitled Spiritual
Development.
Essentially, all human beings
are capable of developing subtle energy centers in the brain that will cause
long life, excellent health, and the unfoldment of
hidden talents and abilities that some would say are amazing. All human beings are also capable of
very subtle emotions such as love and compassion, which are difficult to
understand even by the most advanced scientists and others.
2. You are spirit
and soul. These are words used by many
people. I will define them very
precisely, however. It means that
you are more than a physical body.
Considering yourself only as a human being, or as a Òhigher animalÓ is
thus always degrading and false.
You are and always will be much more than this.
Soul. The soul is usually understood
to mean that you are much greater than just the physical body, and only a part
of your true self or true identity is here on earth in or with your physical
body.
Spirit. The spirit is usually
understood to mean that you have a connection with God, or Source, or All That
Is. In other words, you are a
child of the most high God, with a definite connection to all other beings, and
all other realms and dimensions of space and time. Once again, considering yourself to be anything less is
demeaning, degrading and simply untrue.
This is not open for debate or
discussion, although you may have difficulty proving the existence of the soul
or spirit. However, many books
have been written about the subject, including the bible and many others that
discuss unusual abilities, events, connections and other phenomena that people
have honestly reported and that have never been refuted by anyone, and cannot
be refuted.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
KNOWING YOUR TRUE IDENTITY
Most people, at one time or
another, think of themselves as weak, small, insignificant, dying and perhaps
even wretched and horrible beings.
This is an important and potent cause for discouragement, depression,
anger, and even suicide.
If everyone knew their true
identity, and if it were actually demonstrated to them, which can be done to a
degree, most people would be far more content, happy and loving. This is a major reason for
understanding your true identity.
Another reason that is equally
important to know who you are is to understand your real capabilities and
latent talents and genius. Once
again, most people think of themselves as rather dull, stupid, ignorant, and
incapable of higher mental powers and higher thought. This is always totally false, as many examples have proven
over the years.
Once in a while, we surprise
ourselves with some act of wisdom, heroism, strength, courage or other higher
quality that we did not know we had.
Imagine if everyone realized that these qualities lie within, but we
rarely tap into them, for various reasons. One of these reasons, by the way, is very poor health and a
very low energy level, no matter how healthy you believe you are. Another is a lack of certain minerals
such as selenium and zinc, which are needed to activate several subtle brain
centers. Another reason is the
presence of toxic metals that block the development of some brain centers. A goal of nutritional balancing science
is to correct these problems.
Correction is not so simple, and must be done right. It usually takes a few years, in most
cases, to undo these and subtle mental imbalances most people are born with or
develop early in life due to improper nutrition, emotional traumas and for
other reasons.
Another reason to understand
better who you are is to prevent the arising of false identities that cause
conflicts and even wars between nations and in families. Most people, at one time or another,
fall into a common trap of believing that their true identity lies with their
nation, their family or friends, or some other group. Many people may also identify with their profession or work
situation. This is always false. However, it is often worse than
false. It leads to a kind of
arrogance, and blindness in which one may view other human beings as ÒforeignÓ,
ÒalienÓ, and therefore less worthy and even dangerous or evil. This always leads to conflict, fears of
annihilation, and even wars between people that really make no sense at all. This, sadly, is the state of many of
the nations of the world today.
While there are many other
reasons to think carefully about your true identity, I will just mention one
other. It is to stop wasting time
and money with superficial and often false pursuits. Too many people think their true identity, for example, has
to do with the clothes they wear, or the makeup on their face, or the house
they live in. As a result,
millions spend their time and money chasing after new houses, exciting
clothing, and hundreds of other superficial pursuits. They do not realize that these will not bring lasting
happiness. In contrast, if they
thought more about their real purpose and identity, they would be spending
their time and money enhancing their health, renourishing
their temple or body, and sharing and learning the wisdom and other abilities
that are latent in all human beings.
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