18/01/2022 Openhand Journal Update

It's something I wrote about in 5GATEWAYS, but haven't yet spoken about on the website - it's a phenomenon called the "Imposter of the Soul". What is this? If you've engaged in spiritual work and intellectualised it a degree (reading about it in articles etc), then you'll get an intellectual/emotional sense of the soul. You'll also get this as it infuses through you. So the ego gets to know the typical ways the soul will behave - "love and light" is the classic default option for example. The risk is the ego uses this awareness to mimic soul qualities that serve and protect it and don't unwind it. The imposter keeps you cosily in your comfort zones.

The Imposter usually hides in a spiritual truth. So for example:

- If we are all one, why do I need to work to find my individuality?
- If it's about surrender, why do I need to push myself?
- If magic happens, why do I need to step into anything?
- If we're loving and compassionate, why confront anyone?
- If there's no particular objective, why work towards anything?
- If the soul is about feeling okay, why push on my comfort zones?

The ego applies these skewed truths to protect itself. This creates the "imposter" of the soul, where we're second-guessing anything that would have us advance, develop and strip off density.

How do you overcome it?

This requires profound self-honesty and absolute surrender to the flow - where it's really wanting to take you. Why am I really making that choice? Am I still too much in my comfort zone? If you're still only chipping away at reality and not experiencing big break throughs, then it's worth inquiring about the shadow identity - imposter of the soul - which might be keeping you safe in the shell, without breaking into your greater possibility.

Not an easy topic, but one to explore and be clear about.

Bright blessings.

Open 🙏