Let the Mask Fall so Your True Self Can Shine, ACIM Community Lunch

In this heartfelt lunchtime talk at the Awaken to Love Center in Spain, Barret De La Luz invites a deep investigation into where we are upholding images or self-concepts instead of following inner guidance. He shares a personal story of ignoring a clear inner prompt, so he could keep a long-standing social commitment, only to come to see how that decision was made by an attachment to being “the nice guy,” and not true inspiration. This leads to him sharing a powerful metaphor: how so many of us are unknowingly propping up a self-concept, like a crumbling wall supported by hidden scaffolding. 

These mental props—the “shoulds,” beliefs about who we think we need to be—require constant effort to maintain and create inner tension and exhaustion. When we can identify these supports and let them fall, it brings great relief and clarity. The process of dropping the mask can feel unsettling, but it's deeply liberating. The walls we thought were protecting us were actually keeping us confined.
He compares this internal effort to a sitcom set, with makeup, lighting, and scripted lines all designed to project a pleasing illusion. But behind the scenes, there is pain, rejection, and loneliness that often go unseen. He calls us to recognize our own "little shows," the personas we maintain to appear acceptable or worthy.

Barret also shares about the movie The Truman Show, to underscore the illusion of the roles we perform. Like Truman, many of us begin to notice cracks in the set—moments when the mask slips, or the “TV show” version of our life no longer holds. Just as Truman had to walk off the stage of a world that was never real, we too are invited to “fire the director,” drop the scripted lines, and step into our authentic Self. Behind the bright lighting and the laugh tracks of our polished personas lies a rawness we’ve been taught to hide. But Barret reminds us that we don’t come to spiritual community to “keep it together”—we come to fall apart, to let the false self unravel, and to trust that what’s real doesn’t need propping up.

May, 2025 🌟 A Course in Miracles | ACIM

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Wednesdays 7:30pm 
Saturdays 9:00am     
Central European Time, (CET).
 
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