The illusion of separation
Sometimes we need someone in our life to open our eyes,
to help us see the potential we already carry within.
I used to be a very insecure person, always seeking external validation, constantly comparing myself.
As far back as I can remember, I cared about what people thought of me.
Until someone came into my life and helped me see everything that I am, everything that was already there.
It woke me up.
I was able to see life from a perspective I never could have imagined.
I went to a catholic school growing up, but the truth is, I didn’t believe in anything.
Something inside me didn’t resonate with that religion.
I didn’t even believe in God.
However, two years ago I had one of the most unreal and difficult nights of my life.
And it was the first time I felt God… present within me.
Some time later, I got “In God’s Hands” tattooed on my hand, as a reminder that God is not outside of me,
that it lives within me, and that it is also in my hands to create my reality.
In May of last year, I had an experience that completely changed my life.
I felt like I was dying… and in that moment, I saw it. I saw God.
I haven’t been the same since.
And I can no longer see life the same way.
I’ve always believed that everything that happens in our lives has a reason, but I didn’t understand why I had gone through something like that. It took me almost a year to begin to understand that the purpose was
to share the message. And I’m still uncovering it.
I didn’t feel ready to talk about it.
I didn’t know how.
And I cared too much about what other people would think.
I’ve always felt a bit restricted in this society. People can be very rigid. But life brings you people who remind you how powerful you are… and how impactful it can be to speak what you know.
We all have God within us.
And if you don’t believe in God, I understand.
But there is something much bigger than what we see.
Reality, as we perceive it, is not all that exists.
That night I stepped out of my “self.”
I returned to something I can only describe as the source of life.
I felt what unity is.
And even though it’s impossible to fully explain, I know I will spend the rest of my life trying to share that message.
I believe in God, but not in what separates us.
God is found in unity.
I used to think God was something outside of me. But over time and through experience,
I understood that it’s not outside… it is experienced within.
The Upanishads — ancient texts of wisdom from India — speak precisely about this: the divine is not outside of us, but that we are already part of that totality. Tat Tvam Asi, a Sanskrit expression that means “You are that”, points to the same idea… that we are not separate.
That there is something connecting all of us.
There is one energy expressing itself in many forms.
What we see as “others,” as “out there,” is still part of the same whole.
That’s why when we hurt someone, we are also hurting ourselves.
And when we rise, we impact more than just ourselves.
Nothing is isolated.
What happens within you is reflected outside.
The way you think, feel, and act… shapes your experience.
It’s not about controlling the external world, but transforming what happens within.
Because in the end, you are not separate from life…
you are an expression of it.
