Your mind is like a studio: scenes take place, emotions rise, decisions are taken, lots of joy… But as in any studio, what is happening there is not necessarily… real… For instance, if you see a news anchor reading today’s news, you wouldn’t know what is going on around them as lots of people moving in a rush, confusion, cables all over; nothing that reflects the elegant person you are watching. And let’s not talk about the fact that maybe they are not well-dressed off-screen frame… Hoping they ARE dressed.
Now, let’s
say you are going to work and your mind starts to show images of how things
will be there, mixed with the commuting and, of course, yesterday night fight
with your partner and the fact you are still using an old cell phone. But of
course, that is not the reality you are living and even though a part of it is
real, most of the things are not.
So, when you
or I think about the self, it is just a piece of the reality, and there may be
a huge difference.
Beyond the
frame of mind there may be talents, skills, values, virtues and powers you don’t
even imagine! They would be so useful to solve that problem at work or family,
to give a different perspective on what is going on in the world, and much
more.
What we
REALLY are is there, beyond what we think we are and it is very, very deep and
beautiful, powerful and gentle.
By meditating,
contemplating or reflecting, you can break the frame of your mind and
experience the whole thing. When you do that, naturally those things you find
there will become part of your life. After all, they are already part of life,
you just don’t know it…