Who Am I Really? Part 2
Have you ever wondered, “Who am I really?” Am I just a bunch of thoughts, emotions, behaviors, parts and structures? Or am I something more? Something different? This week on the podcast we’re getting curious about our true nature—who we truly are.
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We already know that our thoughts are not who we are. Our emotions are not who we are. Our bodily sensations are not who we are. These are all fleeting phenomena passing through us like weather systems—cloudy one minute; stormy another, and sunny the next. So, if we aren’t our thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations, then who are we? What’s our true nature?
We are open, spacious, and alive awareness that has an innate knowing that moves us forward in our lives, that is loving and compassionate, that is trusted, safe, and grounded.
Our true nature is always with us but most of the time we are not present in it; it’s like we’re driving through life with a muddied windshield. The windshield is clear and spacious but we’re focused on the mud that clouds it.
There are many doors that open into our true nature, we just have to find the one that works for us. How we find it is through our curiosity that opens to possibilities, through our meditation practice— doing different practices and doing our same practices differently— and through doing the things we love to do in which we feel “in the zone,” or in “flow.”
So, I invite you to explore and find the door that opens you to your true nature. Be curious. Be daring. And experience for yourself the feeling of flowing, spacious aliveness.
We can live our lives from this open, clear space of awake and loving awareness. Enough said. Let’s do it. Let’s practice.
I hope you enjoy the show, and as always, I am grateful to you, my audience, and I am also grateful for the people behind the scenes who make this podcast possible.
Allie Allen for logo and podcast cover design;
Gorgias Romero for composing the original music, audio engineering and production;
Bill Rafferty for technical web support; and
Margaret Haas for announcing the show.
Be well. Be mindful.
RESOURCES/CREDITS
Suzuki, Shunryu, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, John Weatherhill, Inc, New York and Tokyo, 1970.
Kelly, Loch, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life, Sounds True, Boulder, Colorado, 2019.
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