They represent the little things that you take for who you are: Your likes, dislikes, loves, hatreds. They are the history that you can’t let go of. They are your memories, your hopes and dreams. They are your little habits, your hobbies, your mannerisms. All these, each one a mark, combine to make your personality, your ego, your identity.
But what is your personality? It is something that you have mistaken for yourself. Almost everybody does – they don’t know any better. Ask anybody who they are, and most likely they will tell you their name, their age, their job, their race, their gender, their history, dreams, likes and dislikes. They define themselves by these.
These are all part of your personality. But they are merely about you. But they are not you. They merely describe you, but somehow we have reduced ourselves to these descriptions, these little details. We have forgotten who we are; we’ve forgotten the true core and consciousness that has been covered by all these details. And it’s sad, because the core contains everything we seek – everything we look for in the goals we chase – unshakeable peace and joy.
Read this post, and then read all the previous posts – even the ones based on modern psychology, whether they are on anger, sadness, forgiveness or happiness…you’ll find this truth hidden in there somewhere.
Stop the thoughts before they overtake you. Stop the emotions before they take you over. Stop the ego from telling you that things shouldn’t be this way. They all lead to one teaching – stop the ego from marring your peace. Most methods, from old religions, to modern psychology, are based around this – they just describe it in a different way. Either that or they are ignorant of the core consciousness and don’t mention it.
We are so used to the concept of an air conditioner that we hardly take notice of it. That is only until it stops working. And then we have a serious issue at hand and at times we are clueless as to what exactly the problem is and how to tackle it.