ExclusiveChapter 9 | Authenticity #Mindfulreflections #beingyourtrueself #originality

I've written what I'm about to say a long time ago, but I haven't made a video about it since, so it's been hidden away in my diary. Here it is. I used to be saddened by the moments when I had to say goodbye, whether to friends, family, a place or a moment in time. But as I grew older, I realised I was clinging to the sentiments of the past. Although all of which I experienced was truthful and dear, these feelings and moments are like the twinkling of stars. The stars that sparkle the furthest away, unreachable and unattainable, as they pass us by so rapidly. The only way it can shine is through nostalgic memories. Yet it is simply memories, the past, something that exists no more. The challenges are, with a mind so complex, the past bears an impact, an image, big or small. It's something you can't forget, but is it simply that? Or is it time that we are unwilling to embrace? Unwilling to move on? The fleetings of these moments that change the unknown, the uncomfortable? However, a comfortable life can lead one to stagnation, and a life without progress and change can result in a life of no growth. Yet growth is what humans should strive for, a quest to enrich themselves, honouring the traditional culture their ancestors passed down, and sharing their values with their surroundings, people and environment. After all, the principle of mutual generation and mutual inhibition in the universe holds that where there is negative, there is positive, where there is motivation, there is apathy, and where there's yin, there's yang. Just as with when striving for growth, change and greatness, there will be an equal amount of resistance, but it's as though it's a test to see whether that goal or lifestyle we aspire for is truly meant for us, and if we have enough virtue to retain it. So my question is, amidst all of this, is life, living life, another pathway into discovering who we genuinely are? Similarly, in my spiritual belief, Falun Dafa, this quote from Zuan Falun Tu, called Buddha Nature, quote, when boundaries confine a person's thinking are removed, man's kind disposition, temperament, character, and traits become readily apparent, and that is the true you, unquote. From my current understanding, as we continue to search within for our authenticity, any and all limitations we place upon ourselves are all within our minds. No one is stopping us from becoming or doing whatever it is that we truly want, or hope to achieve. It is ourselves, our inability to believe. And with this faith, this energy or power, it lifts us with a strength that defies all negativity. Thus, it is with persistence, and an unwavering heart that guides through fears, obstacles, and troubles. On another note, as we grow, our ideas and concepts of ourselves, and who we want to become, change. We will never stop evolving and growing for as long as we embrace ourselves and time. So grace yourself with kindness, and embrace the flaws with patience, for there is beauty in a world like this.