Sol Brah argues that hiding your passions or opinions creates internal energy blockages that drain your vitality. Being authentic gives you more energy, genuine connections, and alignment with yourself. The perceived costs of honesty are always overstated.
If you're being authentic, people can feel that. They feel the truth in who you are before you even say anything, right? When you suppress your essence, like say you really, really love doing something, but society says it's uncool, or your friendship group kind of made fun of you that one time for doing it, so you suppress it. You're not being authentic. Being authentic is expressing who you are and your true self and your higher self I will say that the cost is never as much as you think, as much as you may think, and that the benefit of being authentic is always going to outweigh any small costs that may occur. When you suppress your essence, you create blockages in yourself and your energy. Expressing your real opinion. This is one that's kind of relevant in today's politically correct world. You withhold your authentic feelings and opinion because you're worried about what people will say. You're worried about this, worried about that. That suppresses your energy after a long time.
