Who am I?

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Don't seek happiness.

 

If you seek it you won't find it because

seeking is the antithesis of happiness.

Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom

from unhappiness is attainable now,

by facing what is,

rather than making up stories about it.

 

See if you can catch the voice in your

head, perhaps in the very moment it

complains about something, and recognize

it for what it is: the voice of the ego,

no more than a thought.

 

Whenever you notice that voice,

you will also realize that you are not

the voice;

But the one who is aware of it.

 

In fact, you are the awareness that is

aware of the voice, the thinker.

In this way you are becoming free of the

ego, free of the unobserved mind.

 

You only ever experience the present moment.

Why do anxiety, stress, or negativity arise?

Because you turned away from the present

moment. And why did you do that? You thought

something else was more important.

One small error, one misperception,

creates a world of suffering.

 

Accept the present moment and find the

perfection that is untouched by time.

 

Equating the physical body with 'I,'

the body that is destined to grow old,

wither and die, always leads to suffering.

If you don't equate the body with who you

are, when beauty fades, when vigor diminishes,

or the body becomes incapacitated, this will

not effect your sense of worth or identity

in any way. In fact, as the body begins to

weaken, the light of consciousness can shine

more easily.

 

You do not become good by trying to be good,

but by finding the goodness that is already

within you and allowing that goodness to emerge.

If peace is really what you want,

then you will choose peace.

 

--Eckhart Tolle--