Recognize who you are

Come to your own recognition about who you are.  Do not listen to anything the mind comments about this.  Thoughts are created and perceived to invite you to notice who you are not.   Something watches thoughts. Do not focus on memory.  Even this is imagined.  Do not accept what you are told, what you read or believe.  Look deeper.

Something observes the gradual losing of the identity.  Notice what you are not losing importance and fading out of your scope of awareness.  Certain labels and self perceptions are irrelevant and disappear. You give up sports training and no longer view yourself as a competitive athlete. Everything is and yet your focus goes from general to specific and gradually to nothing.  You can say you are not what you do, not "X, Y, or Z" but what is left? Who can appear and see without you? Sense it in silence.

"We live at the threshold of a universal recognition that the human being is not mere matter, but a potent, energetic field of consciousness." - Michael Beckwith

Recognize the root cause

You do not need to do anything to be and feel free. Suffering of any kind always comes back to perceived lack of freedom. Delve into roots of your own suffering and see them as they are. The more you deny who you are, the less you trust and more you fear.

Only as you acknowledge the essence of being and its ever-present awareness, do you begin to realize problems are in essence, human at the core. The mind is the origin of distortion and misperception of reality. Words and interpretations are human mental filters. of energy  Know you allow or resist the one unified being that is.   

From the moment you see and feel everyone as a reflection of yourself, you begin to recognize every encounter is an invitation to love yourself more, to appreciate everything and everyone equally, and to see through the illusions of separation you create. Heartfelt honesty shines though as you gaze into the eyes of another. You are him and he is you. Intrinsic value, is. This said, where does your sense of freedom, suffering and separation come from? What happens as you take responsibility for your perception? Notice what stands out as you realize where your energy and attention go. 

"Where attention goes, energy flows and results show."- T. Hary Eker

Access the power of now

To accept this moment is to reach a point where you have had enough suffering.  It is to be open to seeing suffering as a teacher, and being ready to accept that another way exists to live.  Interpretation is recognized as it is, as a kind of resistance.  Notice what happens as suffering is seen as being self-created.  As it grows apparent your outer world conditions reflect the state of the inner world, then everything points to what you hesitate to accept.  Harmony and unconditonal love are felt in the power of now.

"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers." - Rainer Maria Rilke 

Why are you here?

If someone asks you 'why are you here?,' what do you say? Common responses include; "to make a difference," "to serve," "to better myself," "to leave a legacy," "to work through karma," "just to enjoy where I am," "to learn lessons," and "that is a very good question! Never thought about it!"  Some or none of these may make sense.   Different answers arise within at different stages of your life depending on you focus.

You may live your life based on conditioned routines, based on what you have been doing for what seems to be a long time. Today, at this moment, you are invited to step back and ask why.  Probe deeper.  Notice if more than one answer presents itself.

"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is."  - Kahlil Gibran

Walk your own path

You are invited to walk your own path, to awaken and notice how you think and feel. Be aware nothing matters yet you are conditioned to give meaning to and judge everything. Thoughts are like stepping stones that focus attention through the limited lens of the mind. You can be conscious and decide which thoughts dominate your focus and your life experience. Feel what its like to be discerning.  Notice the vibration of what feels right. Be present with love and reverence.  Know all is well wherever you may travel.

"No one saves us but ourselves.  No one can and no one may.  We ourselves must walk the path. You cannot travel the path until you become the true path itself."
- Buddha