Let go of your identity.
The modern world is obsessed with boxing themselves into a certain identity. Whether it’s your:
- Race
- Gender
- Nationality
- Sexuality
- Religion
- Profession
- Hobby
Let go of it all. Stop putting yourself in a box. Stop being a slave to your identity. It’s like voluntarily putting shackles on your soul and making it a prison.
What if the world is a prison, but you had the keys to free yourself?
How to become free?
Let go of the identity. By identifying with anything in particular, you’re just another sheep in the herd. By letting go of the things you identify with, you become yourself.
Just study the etymology of words–
The word identity comes from the Latin identitas, meaning “sameness” or “the same.” Here’s a breakdown:
- Latin root: idem – meaning “the same”
- Suffix: -itas – forming abstract nouns (like -ity in English)
- Original Latin word: identitas = “the quality of being the same”
Over time, “identity” evolved to include:
- Personal identity: What makes you “you” across time
- Social identity: How you are recognized or categorized by others
- Philosophical identity: The condition of being itself or remaining the same in logic/metaphysics
So at its root, identity is about continuity and sameness, not difference. The paradox is that in modern use, it’s often associated with what makes someone different or unique.
By self identifying with something, you are basically just saying that you are the same as everyone else. If you strive to be different, just let go of anything you identify with.
The most toxic form of identity is identity politics
When people organize around their identity, it actually causes MORE division than community. By focusing on your identity, whether you are black or white, republican or democrat, you are actually just boxing yourself in the corner, enslaving yourself to a label, and causing more division and hate in the world.
You are what you are not
A much more interesting approach to life seems to be identifying with what you ARE NOT. Meaning- the more things you acquire, the more things you identify with, actually make you LESS of an individual. So in order to become a true individual, in order to cultivate your true identity, simply identify yourself with the things that you DON’T do or DON’T consume.