Adyashanti talks a lot about the idea of self-inquiry. I haven't been doing a lot of it myself but it's a great concept and something I think we can all benefit from. We do so often just accept the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. These stories come from memories and the past and build upon one another to form how we see ourselves. The interesting part is that in reality, the past does not exist and so truly we only are what we are at this very moment. That means our story that we tell ourselves is false. It's just made up and yet we allow it to dictate so much of how we act and what we do.
I have a particular story and because of that story, I set expectations of how I will respond in a particular instance. I wonder if I were to lose my memory, if I would react similarly or not.
If I am only awareness and not my personality that what's to stop me from changing those parts of me that cause suffering. What's to stop me from revamping myself in this very moment? The answer is nothing. If I could let me story go and just be at peace with the moment it would be similar to letting my mind relax and allowing my body, my nature to take over and act in collaboration with reality and nature.
Drop the storyline, drop the mind made motivations, and just act true to my buddha nature. That's not so hard. Now do it again and again in every fresh moment.
Let the personality melt away and lose the attachment to this being called Cody. Just be the awareness and live in that space.
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