Colouring Boldly Outside the Lines

Discover true authenticity and infinite potential through connection, creativity, and courage. Embrace your true self now!

Have you ever truly felt who you are, completely detached from everything? Have you been able to go beyond the beliefs and ideas programmed by your environment, upbringing, etc.? Have you managed to get in touch with your true self and the infinite potential of humanity?

We often talk about authenticity—about standing for who you really are or following your heart—but often with a nice Instagram filter over it. Being truly authentic and living your full potential may well challenge existing ideas and concepts. What then?

Many who have experienced deep meditation, breathwork, plant medicine, or psychedelics will confirm that reality is very different from what you initially imagine. It deviates so much from how we live now as humanity.

I will attempt to put my own experience into words. During the ceremonies I have attended, there is always a recurring theme. Besides the intensely beautiful colors and images, which inspire millions of works of art, I always feel how incredibly powerful our connection to each other is. A concept that many spiritual gurus discuss, but it can really be felt during sessions like this. It offers an insight into the potential of this connection, showing that we can truly create together beyond all rules and patterns. When you feel that you are in a field with everything and everyone, merging into one energy and daring to surrender to what is right (not what you think up), then you start creating from the field, serving the greater whole.

No leader is needed anymore because we know from that connection with each other exactly what the next step is. No one needs to think it up anymore. Being, living, and creating from this field—that is a world that exists but is not always visible here (she said optimistically). For me, since these experiences, this is so clear, 100% true.

Once, during a ceremony, I cried out, “The world could be so much more beautiful; what a boring mess we have made of it!” It almost depresses you when you then ‘recover’ and see that this is what we have to make do with.

It seems miles apart, but that too is just a belief. This change for humanity is about ‘energy and connection,’ something that has nothing to do with the rules and laws of this reality. So it can suddenly tilt 100%. Then it’s just there!

That is perhaps the most exciting thing; my rational mind is still sometimes in a state of utter confusion, but with every ceremony or session, this feeling gets stronger. At some point, there really is no turning back. This is so true! I just know this is right.

Okay, now what?!

Because it is one thing to feel and experience this, and something else to actually start living it. Especially in a society that claims to want authenticity, but at the first authentic glimpse, brings out the pitchforks to push you back into the box, startled.

Let them push; going back is no longer an option anyway, so let’s go all in, right?

In my case, I try to base everything in my life, here and now, as much as possible on that connection with all of us. I always follow my impulses, no matter how illogical they may seem, and in doing so, I experience the most brilliant encounters and events.

Moreover, I feel deep down that I have the honor of sharing these experiences through my writing and painting. I know I should also do this through video or on stage, but I have been ignoring the latter for several years.

Until I meet someone who dares to put what is right into the world, then I experience again how important it is to dare, to share, to stick your head out of the sand. How empowering that is for our shift. And then I feel that call rising again from the depths of my being.

Be truly authentic, own it! Even if it chafes, is exciting, and even hurts. It is so important that we all start sharing who we really are and our real truth. By sharing, experimenting, and connecting, this new reality literally emerges before our eyes.

Let the magic begin!

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"I am Tessa Smits, and I will take you on an adventurous journey to explore the unknown and the supposedly impossible. My second novel, ‘I Give Birth To The Universe’, is a prime example of this, where our infinite creative power takes center stage. For me, art is the means to make tangible what cannot be expressed in words. Whether I’m creating art, writing, or crafting something else, my intention remains the same: to seek out what truly touches us, what is real, and what reminds us as human beings of who we truly are—immeasurably powerful."

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