Why You Limit Who You Can Become

In Level 2, we show people a very simple but powerful way to expand their mind, so they expand themselves and express a bigger version of themselves in their purpose.

This process helps overcome Ignorance — not a judgement, it simply means “I do not know”. That’s what the fear program does — it stops you from knowing who you are, what you want out of life, what’s true for you, what parts of you are outdated, and so on. And Ignorance will do the same to you, if you let it. But to overcome it, you first have to know how it’s formed — which is ironic!

Ignorance was formed when you were a child. Back then, you had a natural innocence and awareness, where a lot of things didn’t make sense to you. So you questioned it — a lot! You asked “Why?” constantly, trying to understand the rules and behaviours of the grown-ups around you.

But the grownups often dismissed your ‘challenging’ questions. You were often corrected, silenced, told you were being ‘silly’, or too young to understand, or simply told you were wrong.

Eventually you gave up asking and instead assumed everyone else was right or knew better than you, so don’t question it. In short, it’s better not to know. Just in time for lower school, where you were taught to do as you are told, believe what others tell you is ‘true’, and question nothing.

You still carry that program inside you as the fear of questioning, knowing, being punished, ridicule, and ostracism. Now as an adult, that same program of Ignorance doesn’t want you to know too much about yourself, because it worries you might be ostracised for any unique understanding that clashes with common opinions or belief systems.

So to keep you ‘safe’ from all of that, it tries to keep you ignorant of yourself and real truth. This is where you’ll find yourself thinking:

“I already know who I am.”
“That’s just the way I am.”
“That’s just how life works.”
“That’s unrealistic.”
“That’s not for people like me.”
“That’s not how the world works.”
“That’s too different.”
“That’s a conspiracy theory.”
“I shouldn’t question it.”

…and so on.

You’ll avoid challenging your own beliefs and dismiss new ideas too quickly. You’ll cling to familiar identities, even if they no longer fit. You’ll defend outdated opinions instead of examining them. You’ll stay inside inherited belief systems because they feel safer than uncertainty. You’ll reject perspectives that stretch you, avoid conversations that challenge you, and resist feedback that forces you to rethink who you are. You’ll quietly suppress parts of yourself that might challenge any rigid world view or the identity you’ve been living under.

Eventually, you settle into a fixed version of yourself — not because it’s true, but because it’s familiar. That’s Ignorance doing its best to keep you ‘safe’ from expanding beyond who you currently believe you are.

That’s why you limit who you can become

The solution is beautifully simple: never get too comfortable with who you think you are. Ignorance runs on rigidity. If you don’t expand your mind and understanding, let go of rigid beliefs, and drop old identities, you will never go beyond who you believe you are. You will limit yourself, and that will limit your purpose.

A lot of what you believe about yourself, people, and life comes from the beliefs and opinions you inherited from others — most of which you took on board without question, and a lot of which is outdated and no longer serves you. Even much of your personality has been passed down to you by your parents and environment.

Is it you? Yes!

Does it have to remain? No!

Go beyond it all.

Instead of defending your current beliefs, question them. Instead of clinging to certainty, stay teachable. Instead of assuming you already know what’s true for you, test it. Update yourself. Let go of what doesn’t truly represent you. Find the new you beyond your inherited identity, beliefs, culture, ways and faith.

That’s the journey of Expansion. It’s not about becoming someone else — it’s about becoming more of who you are, beyond the limits of who you’ve believed yourself to be.

That’s exactly what we help people do in Levels 2 and 3.