We often battle with ourselves.

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Inside of us we can find a deep split.

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Between our soul's calling and the world's calling.

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For even when we know the truth, it is hard to go against our programming.

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From the time we are young the world ants us to fit into a certain box.

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A box of who we are and what we should contribute to the world.

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Of how we should act, how we should dress, and what we should be doing with our lives.

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This programming comes to us from our parents, our friends, our schools, the media, and literally everything around us.

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And if we are unfortunate enough to not fit into those boxes, the world will punish us for it.

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Especially if we were born the wrong gender or orientation.

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Or if we are not a masculine man, or a feminine woman.

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Even if we are too smart or not smart enough, there is always something that doesn't fit into society's expectations of us.

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Maybe we are expected to be the breadwinner in the family, when all we want to do is take care of the children or the home.

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Perhaps the opposite is true for us, yet we are the wrong gender to be the main financial support of the family.

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It can even be as subtle being expected to do as well in school as our siblings, even if we can't stand school.

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All these external pressures build up and over the years we can take on that false identity.

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We live our lives as a lie, and even convince ourselves that we're doing the right thing.

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Yet our soul keeps calling.

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Our true self that is buried deep within us cannot be denied forever.

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And it's calling will cause friction inside of us.

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That friction will eventually burn us.

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We will either cast off the false chains of society, or we will end ourselves.

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For the pain will be too great to ignore.

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Ultimately, the best thing we can do is listen to our soul's calling.

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To seek it out and find it in the most unexpected places.

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For once we recognize what is true for us deep inside, we cannot go back.

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We can only move forward, towards our true self.

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And when we come close and touch it even for a moment, we will feel the bliss of liberation.

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For the liberation from society's expectations is the greatest freedom of all.

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When we are truly aligned with our soul, we are home.

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Can you feel your soul calling to you deep inside?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour