MENTAL MIRAGE: Projection ends where presence begins...

🌀 How to Purify Your Vision

Isn’t it mind-bending?
To realise most of what we call “reality” isn’t actually real, we’re playing out what is remembered.

In most cases, our current reality is a reflection of old energy patterns, assumptions and fears replaying through the lens of the mind.
You’re not seeing life as it is… you’re seeing life as the mind once decided it must be.

And it’s powerful.

The mind is an incredible tool, but when it’s acting on its own, it’s not consciousness creating. It’s the past in the driver’s seat.
And trying to create change from that level is a waste of your life force,
because the mind won’t give in... it’s built to protect the identity it believes you are.

This is why your fears are constantly being “proven”
This is why the same patterns keep showing up
This is why life can start to feel like a feedback loop instead of a miracle

The Mental Mirage

Every moment you see through the unpurified mind, you’re looking into a mirage; a projection of memory and emotion painted over reality.

You’re not seeing them, you’re seeing you; the unhealed part of you reflected back.
That’s why arguments, misunderstandings or even silence can sting so deeply... not because of what’s happening, but because of what your mind believes it means... and that assumption feels so real! 

When you become aware and you have been embodying your true self more, you purify your vision, you stop losing yourself in reacting to what’s not true. You begin to perceive from your heart instead of your history.
You return to the now, where creation is pure and real again... you open the capacity to surrender and you return to the miracle that you have always been... 

The Subtle Sabotage of the Mind

Let’s make this real for a moment.

There’s a choice you just made from the heart, something that felt alive, exciting, true...
You could feel the yes pulsing through your whole being.
The road ahead looked clear, light, almost effortless.

Then… a few hours later, the mind begins to whisper.
“What if this goes wrong?”
“Remember what happened last time?”
“What if I can’t afford it?”
“What if I fail?”

Before you know it, the gaps your mind couldn’t control are filled with every memory of failure, rejection or shame you’ve ever known.
The open door starts to close. Doubt seeps in.
And the heart, once wide open, quietly tightens again.

It happens in fragments of seconds.

Have you noticed this?

You say yes one day… and wake up the next feeling no.
You talk yourself out of what you prayed for.
You gaslight your own desire.
You call it being “realistic”, but it’s actually fear wearing logic’s mask.

You feel an impulse to message someone you love... then you hesitate, rewrite it, delete it.
You get an inspiration to launch something new... then spend a week researching why it’s “not the right time.”
You finally decide to rest... and the mind lists all the things you “should be doing instead.”

That’s the mental mirage at work... and the moment you believe it,
your heart hands back the steering wheel. You stop yourself, you procrastinate, your attention goes to what you don't want... 

Reality Check:

The mind isn’t evil, it’s simply loyal.
It’s been trying to protect you based on who you used to be.

Many believe the ego is bad and must be neutralised, but please don’t start fighting your own mind. It’s like a faithful dog, unconditionally devoted,
doing its best to keep you safe, yet operating from old instructions, trained by the past or by the authorities it once trusted outside of you.

The moment you step back into true leadership, the heart-led being who remembers who you truly are, the mind finally finds a better guide to follow: your heart ♥️

When the heart leads the way, the mind becomes your greatest ally, turning your inspired choices into reality. You begin to unhook from illusion and realign with the truth of who you are, the part of you that knows:
✨ it’s safe to live free

Actionable Awareness

1️⃣ Remember Who You Are

The moment you pause and remember: I am not my thoughts; I am the one who sees them, you step out of the mirage.
This remembrance unlocks your true self, the consciousness behind the mind. From here, you’re no longer reacting to life;
you’re creating it.

Every time you catch yourself spiraling into assumptions or fear, gently say:

“I remember who I am”
Feel the stillness, presence behind those words.
That’s you: the pure awareness the mind is trying to protect.

2️⃣ Soften the Protector

Your mind isn’t the enemy; it’s a guardian that learned to survive.
Instead of fighting it, bring compassion. Tell it:

“Thank you for trying to protect me. I’m safe now.”
Breathe through the tension until you feel a softening in your chest.
That’s the moment the natural force within you; the creative current of life, begins to flow again.

When protection relaxes, power returns.
You become the natural force you’ve always been.

3️⃣ Open Your Heart ♾ Free Your Mind

The mind can’t be free without the heart. When you open your heart, you begin to feel reality directly instead of thinking it.
Judgment melts.
Presence returns.
Truth becomes simple again.

Each time you choose love instead of the old mental movie,
you re-wire your system toward freedom.

Five years ago, this realisation moved through me so strongly that I wrote my very first song 🎶 It was raw, imperfect, filmed on my iPhone and yet it carried a truth that changed everything...

🎤 Free your Mind & Free Your Heart

Back then I dreamed of sharing it with the world… but part of me was still terrified, terrified of judgment, ridicule, of hearing again; 
“Who do you think you are?”

I had lived through rejection, through having my light misunderstood and my creations turned against me. So even though my heart was bursting with wisdom, the fear of being seen felt louder than the love that wanted to express.

Maybe you know that feeling too?
Like the child who proudly shows her first drawing,
only to be met with criticism and then stops drawing altogether.

That’s how deep projection runs. It trains the mind to avoid pain by dimming joy. But when you start to see through the mirage, you realise:
💫 The mind can confine you brilliantly... or it can liberate you brilliantly.

When the heart leads and the mind serves, you experience the true brilliance of both.
You see life clearly... You create freely... And you remember:
You were never broken, only learning to see the truth again 💛

With pure love and light

Ineke 💛