{"id":9469,"date":"2012-03-12T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2013-09-17T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:04:59","slug":"our-little-secret-how-to-unravel-the-truth-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/our-little-secret-how-to-unravel-the-truth-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Little Secret: How to Unravel the Truth Within"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are all hiding something deep within ourselves. And we know that we are hiding it, and we also have a feeling that everyone else is hiding it \u2013 although we\u2019ve never talked about it with them. It\u2019s what Rumi called \u201cthe open secret.\u201d The essence of this secret is the inner feeling that we have no idea what we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the part of us that feels like a fraud \u2013 a fake. It\u2019s the part of us that wonders how everyone else does it. We wonder how they have this whole life thing all figured out. How can they keep it all together, and why can\u2019t we? It\u2019s the part of us that wonders what part of the magic formula are we not clear on? What are we doing wrong?<\/p>\n

And yet, rather than simply coming out and asking someone about this, we hold it deep inside and cover it with shame. We believe that something must be horribly wrong with us if we are the only ones who can\u2019t figure out how to be a part of this world. And so we learn to cover up this shame with a mask. We learn to send out our representatives into the land of \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d and \u201cEverything\u2019s swell.\u201d We enter the world with our best selves \u2013 our accomplished selves. We learn to play the game.<\/p>\n

See if you recognize your own representative in any of these examples:<\/p>\n