# Identity > Identity in Bashar's teaching comprises an eternal energy consciousness essence expressing through continually chosen personality while each person is a manifestation of all that is and every moment offers self-redefinition. - Canonical: https://sassani.app/topic/identity # Identity In Bashar's teaching, identity is the answer to two questions at once: who you really are, and who you are free to become. The two answers are not in tension. The soul — the energy consciousness, the being — is fundamentally not human, not locked to one personality, not lost through death, and not absorbed into a featureless oneness on the way back to source. At the same time, you are already a different person from one moment to the next, with a different history, so nothing that happened to whoever-you-were defines who you can choose to be now. Identity, in this framing, is the eternal essence that is being expressed through a continually chosen personality — not the personality itself. ## The personality is a tool; the soul is not human Bashar begins one session by stating that what you consider to be your personality is an artificial construct and is not who or what you are. The essence of what you are — the energy consciousness, the soul — is not restricted to your humaniform existence; it can project itself as basically any form, symbol, or idea it wishes. The habit of being human is so deep that even when you think of a "disembodied soul" you tend to imagine a human soul, but the soul is not intrinsically human. It is an essence above, beyond, and transcending that limited definition. This is why, in the shift from third to fourth density, many of the experiences that disorient you do so precisely because you are beginning to view from time to time from a point of view that is not strictly human — the viewpoint of the beingness, which can be human and many other things. ## You are an eternal being A second session names the seed of nearly every later limitation: from birth you are inundated with the idea that you will someday die, that you are mortal. You also still know, coming in, that you are truly and literally an eternal, infinite being — that as a spirit you do not ever really cease to exist. The clash between what you innately know and what you are taught sets up the first repressed anger, the sense that "it is not fair" — you know you will go on forever and you are told that you will not. Bashar's corrective is not to deny physiological death but to reframe it as a transformation: the essence of your consciousness is forever, eternal, infinite. Teaching children this — and not seeding them with the telepathic despair of an ending death — is presented as the foundation that would prevent much of the suppressed anger and limitation humans spend adult life untangling. Because identity is eternal, it is also never lost in the return to the One. Even the eventual blending back into All That Is is described as a waking-up into more of yourself, not an absorption; everything you will ever experience stays your experience, from your perspective. ## Every person is a physical manifestation of All That Is The logical next step is that every person is a physical manifestation of All That Is — not only certain special individuals. Advanced teachers (Krishna, Buddha, Christ, and others) are simply beings who exhibit those qualities more openly and so become focal points for the idea. The point those teachers make — which most people ignore — is that you are Krishnas too, Buddhists too, Christs too, and they all say as much. The habit of worshipping the person and proselytizing instead of behaving as if that same consciousness lives in you is what keeps the message unlearned. The same world spirit — the Christ consciousness, the Buddha nature, the Krishna spirit — wears many names, recognizing itself in each person rather than only in one. ## Authentic self as the greatest act of love If everyone is the One expressing itself as a part, then the most loving thing an individual can do is to be an authentic example of what they prefer — so that others know who they are dealing with. Being an example of what you prefer, and showing what is true and not true for you, is presented as the greatest act of love precisely because it gives other people a clear reflection to relate to. Bottom line, in simplicity, it is to be your true self. This reframes identity from a private self-concern into a relational gift: being who you are is what you give the people around you. ## Each moment you are a new person Because everything is here-and-now and parallel realities replace one another moment by moment, identity is also continually re-choosable. Each moment you are already a totally different person with a different history; nothing that happened to whoever-you-were defines who you can choose to be now. This is the practical lever that makes Bashar's model of change non-punitive: you do not have to earn the right to be different, because you are already different from the you of a moment ago; you only have to choose which definition of yourself you prefer to express next. The same teaching appears as a method for healing: when you recall a moment of feeling great and allow yourself to be lost in that memory with all senses engaged, you are not "remembering" the energy — you are experiencing it now, because memory is created from the present. In that moment of recall, that is who you are. ## Polarity, not gender On the question of male and female, Bashar locates the distinction at the level of the body, not the soul. Masculine and feminine are physiological expressions of energy polarity; to the soul they are simply polarity, or even just the idea of polarity itself. The same energy viewed from a non-physical reality does not carry the same emotional charge; it is felt in a totally different way altogether. ## Practical implications Notice when you are identifying with the personality construct rather than with the soul essence. Disorientation during times of accelerated change can be a sign that you are beginning to view from the viewpoint of the beingness rather than strictly from the personality; allowing that broader viewpoint can carry new clarity. If you find yourself worshipping an advanced teacher, remember the part of their message that is usually ignored: the same consciousness lives in you. The invitation is to behave as if, not to outsource your divinity. When past pain or definitions feel defining, recall that you are already a different person from moment to moment; the definitions you carry are choices you can re-examine, not a fixed identity. Treat authenticity as an act of love toward others. Being clear about what is true and not true for you gives the people around you a usable reflection; blurring yourself to please them is not more loving than being who you are. When you want to feel a particular way and cannot locate it in the present, dive into a memory of feeling that way with all senses engaged; in the recall you are experiencing that energy now, because memory is created from the present moment. ## Representative passages The idea that would you consider to be your personality is an artificial construct and is not who nor what you are… the essence of what you are… is not restricted to what you call your humaniform existence.— Bashar, What You Are (what-you-are#text) You know coming in that you are a free, unlimited being, eternal, really. And so you are presented, in a sense, with what might be euphemistically called the first big lie, that you don't go on forever… the you that you are, the essence of your consciousness, is forever, eternal, infinite.— Bashar, You Are An Eternal Being (you-are-an-eternal-being#text) Every person is a physical manifestation of all that is… The point of any of those advanced teachers is that you are Krishnas too. You are Buddhists too. You are Christs too. And they all say as much. But most people ignore that part of the message.— Bashar, We Are All Krishnas Buddhas And Christs (we-are-all-krishnas-buddhas-and-christs#qa-1) The idea of really only being an example of what you prefer, and showing others by demonstrating what you prefer and what you don't that is true and not true for you, is actually the greatest act of love because then they know who they're dealing with… Yes, it is to be your true self.— Bashar, What Is The Definition Of Love (what-is-the-definition-of-love#qa-4) Memory is created from the present. So as you remember that experience, you actually have to be in that energy in order to remember it… in that moment of recall, that is who you are.— Bashar, You Are An Eternal Being (you-are-an-eternal-being#text) ## Related - [Parallel Realities](https://sassani.app/topic/parallel-realities) - [Oversoul](https://sassani.app/topic/oversoul) - [Youniverse](https://sassani.app/topic/youniverse) - [Interconnectedness](https://sassani.app/topic/interconnectedness) - [Signature Vibration](https://sassani.app/topic/signature-vibration) Markdown twin of https://sassani.app/topic/identity. The HTML page is the source of truth.