Kernel Of Corn

2/7/2025

Based on the excerpt from Thich Nhat Hanh's book 'Touching Peace', here is my reflection:
Who am I? Am I my body? Am I my mind? Am I my heart? Am I beyond these three dimensions? Is there something invisible in me which transcends these three dimensions? Am I the fourth dimension which is free from the three dimensions-body, mind and heart? As the Buddha said when he got enlightened: Gate, gate, parasangate Bodhi swaha. Gone, gone beyond, gone beyond the beyond. It is nameless, formless, shapeless. And that's who I am, my true identity. What an awakening! This is enlightenment.
Knowing the reality, suchness, cognitively, emotionally and relationally has limitations. By freeing oneself from oneself is real freedom. It is like an open sky with no clouds. I fly in that open and clear sky in which there are no man-made boundaries. By understanding and implementing such Realty in my daily life, my life blossoms like a flower with one thosand petals. And that flower does not wither away. This is a holistic way of living. It is fulfilling. I need to remain awakened and not go back to sleep. May the light within help us keep walking on the right path.
Amen! Namaste.

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Debbie Podwika

2/8/2025 01:35:47 pm

Oh I laughed at this.That was so funny. It does bring up a number of interesting ideas for me.

First, it is interesting to consider "I am." Who am I? I am not my body and its features, though I will say it may have some influence. For example, if I change my hair color will it make me feel different? Will people treat me differently? For example being blonde, some people do treat me differently, and not just men. When my shape changes I am also treated differently and sometimes feel differently. If my body reflected a different culture, I very much may be treated differently and that might change my sense of who I am. Now, if we go to the basic core of what I believe, yes, we are all a child of God and we are all love, but not everybody may feel that because of how they were raised, how they ate treated by others and the circumstances in their life. I also think we should not eliminate the uniqueness of each of our spirits, otherwise god would have just made us all the same. So, I believe when I say I am it is different than someone else. Interestingly, I just listened to Neil Degrasse Tyson video yesterday. I always teased my mom that she struggled having children for 2 years because time had to pass to have the right egg and the right sperm to create me. We'll Neil went further saying, even if you waited 10 minutes before or after your parents had their fun, or the day before or day after it would not be you because it would be a different sperm for sure, and monthly a different egg. It really makes you think of how much God wanted "you" in particular to be here. Hopefully that doesn't give you a big ego. Ha. That being said, the next question is why. Hopefully, it tells each of us that we're here for a reason and a purpose that we uniquely can only do.

The other interesting point I wanted to bring up was I signed up for a fourteen day meditation challenge and yesterday was a second day of using Mantras. Yesterday we used the mantra "So Hum" which she said means "I Am." Quite a theme presenting to me the last two days. I also realized my mind does not wander when I use a Mantra, so when I don't want my mind to wander I'm going to use a Mantra.

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