Burn the Box: The Radical Art of Being Undefined
- Karen Di Gloria
- Jun 29
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 13
Why I’m Deprogramming from Belief Systems
The conversations in this video are exactly why I’m on a mission to completely deprogram myself from all systems of belief — and the attachments that come with them.
My new motto?
Be curious.
Why?
Because life is movement — change, transformation, transmutation, transcendence, evolution.
The moment you latch onto a fixed belief, you’ve already cut yourself off from the infinite flow of Source.
Most beliefs, if we’re honest, are fear-based.
They’re constructs — human-made safety nets dressed up as truth.
Beliefs give people a false sense of certainty, but certainty is a cage.
Even beliefs wrapped in love and light can be just another disguise for control.
And I don’t want a cage — even if it’s pretty.
The only thing I know for sure is what doesn’t work.
And even that? It’s unique to me.
I’m no longer interested in fitting anyone else’s formula.
The only compass I trust now is the one within me.
These days, whenever I post something, it’s not for likes, followers, or external validation — it’s for me.
Writing is how I make sense of the emotional and energetic chaos swirling inside.
It’s how I pave my own path — one word, one insight at a time.
These aren’t answers.
If I had those, I wouldn’t still be here seeking, breaking, rebuilding.
I spent a lifetime chasing degrees, licenses, certifications — the “proof” that I was valid. That I belonged. That I knew something.
But all it really did was program me to believe that if I worked hard for it, it had to be true.
That’s the fucking trap.
That’s the sickness of a society addicted to credentials, to authority, to staying in line.
We build systems that reward conformity — then wonder why we feel dead inside.
So let me ask you this:
Why do we stay in places that drain us?
Why do we stay in relationships that silence our soul?
Why do we keep choosing what we no longer resonate with?
Because we’ve been taught that walking away is weakness.
That changing our minds makes us flaky.
That outgrowing people or places means we are broken.
But what if it’s the opposite?
What if staying stuck is the real failure?
What if clinging to the old is what keeps us small?
I’ve realized that having a belief isn’t always liberating.
It often becomes another box. Another wall. Another way to shrink the infinite into something safe and graspable.
Even a belief that says “anything is possible” can still trap you if it becomes dogma instead of curiosity.
I don’t want boxes. I’m not here to build a square.
I’d rather be the spiral — circular, ever-moving, ever-evolving.
Let the boxes come and go. Let them build when they need to.
But don’t ask me to live inside one.
This is the path of curiosity.
Of radical unlearning.
Of choosing freedom over certainty.
Of letting my own lived experience be the only truth I need.
If any part of this touched something inside you, I’d love to know.
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In sacred rebellion,
Karen Di Gloria
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