Would you like you? if you met you?

The most important trip you might make in your life is meeting yourself.
A question we ask ourself " Who am I?" Then we try to dissect this question with multiple other questions. The end result is still we asking this question, "Who am I?"
Coming to terms with who we are is a journey and we try avoid taking this all our life. Being You has nothing do to with what we have achieved, what we have become, what our status is. Being You in facing our demons and accepting you.
We talk about forgiveness, we talk about letting go, we talk about acceptance; we actually talk about a lot in our life, yet we choose to avoid being who we are.
Its an old trait which we all developed while growing up. Expectations, peer pressure, what is one going to do with their life, stable job, getting married, taking care of other people needs and most important living a life which is expected.
Its all about expectations and letting go of who you are to be Accepted.
When i first started meditating, i had experiences which were amazing. The feeling of being out of one's body and seeing the world with a new perspective. Well it was a new perspective for me as my conditioning was different. But then i realised, what i was experiencing is what i really am. The mask of being in control of every situation seemed mundane, the time bound slave for deadlines was laughing looking at my mundane existence. It all sounds very fancy, but then one cannot live on bliss, fresh air and love. The survival mode always kicks in and gets you back to the real ( or should i say the artificial ) world which we have created.
Then i realised a balance was necessary between my new found freedom and the old slave mentality. It's a tussle which we still have between Me and world. But i know that the Me is stronger and willing to accept any consequence to be Me.
At first, i was confused when i met myself. The child in me is always at peace, contradictory to the world me. The inner Me believes in nothing, as i am everything, contradictory to the world me who has strict principles, there is a right and wrong and ego lives in abundance. Then i realised that i do have a very dark side to inner Me. There is an energy which is powerful, potent and no ones's friend other than what i believe in, exiting within me. I was scared initially, as the Inner Me was nothing like what the world me was. The world me is caring, clinging, scared, pretentious, jealous, fearful  and everything what we become to survive. The inner Me was nothing of this. Fear has no place, nothing is forever and only constant is death. To change this outlook and accept who i am was difficult.
I realised as i was looking more inside and finding myself, i was becoming more distant from everything. Suddenly nothing was important anymore than to do what i needed to get done. All of a sudden i felt like an outsider amongst family and friends. As i did not feel the same intensity of emotions as others. But then i realised that the intensity had increased more than before but the only emotion which existed inside me was only love. Other emotions had receded and i was devoid of many such emotions which had plagued me for a long time.
I could openly say my mind not bothering for any consequences. if the person in front did not like what i said... too bad! i frankly was not bothered. The conditioning and the masks which i had worn for so many years were changing. One by one the masks were peeling and the real Me was emerging. My perspective towards people, world, work , personal was all changing. The relationships were more meaningful and open than before.
This change scared me, but then i realised we all live with aspirations and desires all our life. The moments pass away, we never get to do what we really want to do or say, as we are scared of losing relations or being declared outcast.
Suddenly after meeting Me i was liberated and free from any such fears, wants or desires. I aspire to be who i am, i desire to be what i want to do, being fearless makes me limitless. I finally came home to myself.
I was scared when i started the journey within but today i am happy that I Met Me.
It made me realise the meaning of freedom which we all talk about but definitely no one really can say what freedom means. Its about being YOU, the real freedom in this world.
I ask you this today, "Would you like you? if you met you?
Take a journey within!