When You Are No One, You Are Free

You’ve worn many names. Some given, some chosen, some simply inherited.

Daughter. Dreamer. Achiever. Survivor.

You’ve worn them like armor. Sometimes proud, sometimes tired.

Each one promised a place in the world. Each one gave you something to hold on to. But over time, even the most cherished identities can start to feel like masks that no longer fit.

And what happens when the mask slips? When the story starts to fade?

You are not disappearing. You are becoming lighter.

The Avadhuta Gita says:

“I am neither this nor that. I am pure awareness alone.”

Freedom isn’t in becoming something. It’s in remembering you don’t need to.

to be no one,

is not emptiness,

it is vastness,

it is standing in the field,

with

no badge,

no title,

no past to defend,

no future to chase,

just breath,

just earth,

just being,

this is not forgetting,

who you are,

it is falling,

beneath the surface,

of,

who you were,

told to be.

If the mask grows heavy, let it slip.

You are not less without it.

You are finally more.

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