"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
-- Lao Tzu
How do you define yourself, to yourself and others? Are you first and foremost a husband/wife? A mother/father? A bus driver, dentist, musician ... ? A Christian, Moslem, Jew ...? A nag, joker, dreamer ...?
Be aware that any label puts limits on you. Today, experience how it feels to let go of the labels to rest in I am. Feel the freedom, the spaciousness, the infinite potential of simply being.
"With every breath, the possibility of a new aspect of self arises."
-- Wayne Muller
"As long as I am this or that, I am not all things."
-- Meister Eckhart
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"Never argue with an idiot... They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience..."
But seriously, when I back away a little from "I am", I can become more of "We are". And, when we all let go a little of "We are", we can all feel a greater oneness with that force of all existence.
Thanks Dan. Well put. I love it when I can meditate myself into that state of "Oneness". I have a small book I carry in my backpack (yeah I still carry a backpack. People tell me I always look like I'm prepared to runaway) writtin by a Rabbi who studies Jewish Mysticism, and he has some awesome thoughts on that concept. I'll copy my favorite and send it to you.
Although I admit, sometimes I need a label on my jacket so that if I get lost they can send me home. I am easily befuddled.....love
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