You Are Not the Body. You Are the Presence
If you think you are a body, an object then know this: the body is a form that exists within the formless.
The formless is the Source, the very Presence from which all things arise.
Everything with a name and form is an object: people, places, animals, trees, atoms, stars, planets, galaxies—all are objects that have emerged from the formless.
To understand the gift of our beingness, sit in silence for a few minutes each day. Practice withdrawing attention from the body-object and resting in the formless Presence that gave rise to it. This Presence is the sacred watcher.
Taking a step back from body-identification and aligning with the sacred witness is a powerful practice.
When we identify with the body, its thoughts, and its labels, we enter into separation from Divinity, the very essence of our existence.
And in separation, we suffer.
But separation is only a mind-story built on beliefs.
These beliefs, shaped by culture, family, religion, and society, often have little to do with reality. Though they may offer comfort or social approval, they can keep us from seeing with fresh eyes.
Beliefs may give us confidence, but they also block our search for truth. When beliefs become habits, they slip unnoticed into every decision we make and life seems chaotic and fearful.
So sit with yourself and ask: Who is the believer who identifies with these beliefs?
Even the believer is not you. It is just a thought with an identity. That identity says, “I believe,” and becomes a personality with a past. The believer makes you move through life with a small ego-mind, full of stories of fear and judgment.
When we live by beliefs, we face conflict. We lose the motivation to seek truth. Each person clings to the conviction that they alone are right. The belief-story becomes the lens through which we filter reality, showing us only what we expect to see.
Through this prejudiced perception, we find confirmation, not revelation. And so we suffer, identifying with the belief.
The cure for suffering is this: Expose the illusion. You are not the ego. You are the Presence, the sacred witness of life.
When we willingly take time to process our beliefs and judgmental thoughts, we become clear and empty within. I’m reminded of the Zen teaching of the teacup:
If your cup is already full of old tea, you cannot pour in fresh tea. If the cup is unclean and still holds old tea, the fresh tea becomes tainted.
To receive the fresh tea, you must first empty the cup and wash it clean.
The teacup is our being.
Divine inspiration flows to us continuously. But if we are filled with ego-stories, beliefs, and judgments, the Divine message becomes distorted. It is no longer inspiration, it is interpretation through mind stories.
By pouring out the old tea of assumptions, labels, and the ego’s illusion of “I already know,” we become a clear, clean cup. Only then can we receive and taste the fresh tea of Divine wisdom.
Divine wisdom cannot be grasped through the physical senses. That which is Divine can only be experienced, it cannot be explained.
All explanations are belief systems passed from one person to another. They are not personal experiences.
When we step back from the senses and the mind’s stories, stillness arises. In that stillness, Divine inspiration flows more freely. This perception beyond the senses is a quiet knowing. It opens the door to wisdom and truth.
Choose to take time to be in stillness.
Dissolve every thought, idea, perception, or opinion you have about the world.
Let go.
Become a clean cup.
Create space for Divine inspiration to flow.
Allow it to show you the true world.
When we see reality through the eyes of Divine wisdom, we are no longer swayed by the fear-stories of the mind. We begin to live from the guidance of the formless Presence that sustains all things.
And we move through life with effortless ease.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar
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