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Recognize that your inner child still reacts to these original experiences. Intentionally rewrite your internal dialogue to reflect your new, more expansive understanding. Change your beliefs and change the paradigm; give your authentic self the permission it has been craving to be expressed. BECOMING AUTHENTIC Are you ready to return to your authentic state? Indigo children and adults, and the autistic clients I see, seem to have a head start on authenticity. Indigos live life emphasizing the importance to not suppress. They have a trait, which our societal paradigm describes as rebellious, that doesn’t tolerate inconsistency. When understood accurately, Asperger and autistic clients demonstrate a verbal honesty and congruence between actions, speech, and their internal experience. Maybe you have recognized the desire to be authentic as a thought, such as “I want to live life more fully,” “I am ready to do what I’m here to do,” “I want to be who I am,” or “I sense that I’m to do something significant.” To become who you really are—a spiritual being having a human experience—it is necessary to integrate the spiritual with the human. These traits include: CONSCIOUSNESS: Open to the possibility of knowing. This is more than your brain’s memories and knowledge. This is accessing your intuition and your gut instinct. It is not necessary to force this connection; it is already available. COMPASSION: Bring the heart and brain into energetic alignment and cooperation. Consider Heart Math’s Quick Coherence Technique: Focus your attention on your heart. Now, have your breath focus in your heart. Then, remember a very positive emotion to bring about “heart feeling.” Repeat this sequence. VESSEL: Your body is not the enemy. It allows yo