November 29, 2007 by judhogan.

You are life itself.

Moved by that which ignites stars and explodes volcanos.

Driven like the stormy ocean and placid like a cloudless winter sky.

You are nothing

You are everything

You are miraculously ordinary.

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November 29, 2007 by judhogan.

There is a difference between who you are and what you see.

This is common knowledge.

I see a bird and I know intrinsically that I am NOT that bird. Nothing complicated about it.

Same with thoughts – It should be abundantly clear to anyone who has ever noticed a thought in their mind that they are not their thought. For example, I have the thought of a perfect circle. Do I mistake myself for that thought? Is it possible that the idea of a circle is me? No, again, like the bird, we are clear in the distinction between our thoughts and our selves.

It works with feelings too. Only there things have a tendency to get more complicated.

In the moment most of us are apt to say “I’m happy” or “I’m angry”. Rather than “I see that there are feelings of happiness” or “I feel that there is anger”. Anger is seen like the bird.

Well, maybe this knowledge isn’t so common after all.

Somehow when it comes to feelings and to a lesser degree any event that we call “interior” (thoughts, sensations, etc), we seem to lose the ability to differentiate between what is seen or thought or felt and who we actually are!

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