.png)
Hello and thank you for choosing this survey In A New Way! There are many words to choose from when we define authenticity. You might say authenticity is "real", however unauthentic things can also be real. You don't say that plastic is not real just because humans must create it. In the same way, things that are an unauthentic expression are just as real as the authentic. So then how can authenticity really be defined in a way that makes sense? Well, authenticity is the experience of reality from a state of knowing yourself. Authenticity means that there is a consideration of the truth before acting, and an application of the truth in the actions chosen. When we are authentic, we act as we truly are. We are not fake phony or false. When we are authentic, we are less likely to care about a person's views of our thoughts words or actions. We only care about how our thoughts, words, and actions help or harm others. Deep healing and emotional release often happens during times of authenticity. The emotion involved in these authentic scenarios has no reason to cause us embarrassment, though. When we are being authentic, we are being true to ourselves and to the world around us, instead of attempting to mask what we are feeling. This survey is a has to do with your unique and genuinely authentic qualities!
Please participate by answering one, two, or all three of the questions on the survey! You can copy and paste the question being answered before giving your answer. You may otherwise simply include the number of question you are answering before you give your answer. Thank your presence and your honest answers! We look forward to seeing you in the comments and appreciate your participation!
1. How do you recognize when you or another person is being authentic? You may list feelings, emotions, energy levels, thought patterns and anything else you associate with authenticity. The ability to recognize genuine authentic people is one that takes practice. Some are always authentic and some still choose to lie and be a fake version of themselves. People will be fake phony and false in order to manipulate and control others or aspects of their own lives that they are unhappy with. When I meet a genuinely authentic person I feel authentic myself. People who are authentic can really bring others around them into their own energy of authenticity. What I mean is that when people are truly being themselves, it is more difficult to fake yourself to them. In the presence of authenticity some people are intimidated which will force them to put up even more walls of protection, but those walls only help to reveal the deeper struggles inside to the person being authentic in their presence. I recognize my own authenticity when I feel motivated, when I feel energized and when I feel positive.
2. Is your life enhanced by your own authenticity and if so how? Yes completely. I am complete and whole as a person when I am being authentic. There is nothing that can hold me back or cause me to be some one I am not. I am myself and in being my authentic self I am empowered and I can know that what I do is true to who I am.
3. What kinds of practices, habits, or settings help to connect you with your own authenticity? The practices and habits that help me connect with my authenticity are the following:
Taking a deep breath every once in awhile.
Focusing on the intentions behind my thoughts, words, and actions and ridding myself of the ones that put me in a place where I am not authentic.
Prayer and communicating with the higher power
Gratuity and thankfulness
Deep conversations and thinking patterns that bring my attention into the moment here and now.
As far as settings that help me be authentic, nature and spending time away from electronics can really do wonders to connect with my authenticity.