Friday, 8 October 2010

Not I

When you think or speak about yourself, when you say, “I,” what you usually refer
to is “me and my story.” This is the “I” of your likes and dislikes, fears and desires,
the “I” that is never satisfied for long. It is a mind-made sense of who you are,
conditioned by the past and seeking to find its fulfillment in the future.

Can you see that this “I” is fleeting, a temporary formation, like a wave pattern on
the surface of the water?

Eckhart Tolle - Stillness Speaks

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