Do you have the courage to live authentically? Do you ever feel that you’re performing—living a life shaped less by who you are, and more by what others expect of you?
By what they demand, request, or define as who you should be?
Parents shape us with expectations. Educators leave their imprint. Friends influence us. Society applies its subtle, and not so subtle, pressures. Over time, we learn how to play the role well.
But how much of your life is an act?
How much of you is living a script that is not truly yours?
And perhaps more unsettling: you may no longer know the difference. When a role is played long enough, it can feel like identity. You assume a personality, a way of being, that may have little to do with your authentic self.
Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson and explore how to move from performance to essence, from role-playing to the real you. It takes courage—real courage—to ask these questions. And even more courage to act on them. Because you may discover that the real you has been undercover, hidden, never fully acknowledged, validated, nurtured, or encouraged.
Thank you for this important teaching. This is a big struggle and a goal for me. It seems like it should be so easy- just to be myself- yet that core essence is elusive. Psychedelics can get you there fast, (I think by nullifying the ego) but then it fades. You give me hope & inspiration- it’s tiring being afraid to show your face from the fear of rejection.