The ancient question

Who am I? The universal question. We, as human beings, have an innate need to understand ourselves and our relationship to… all that is. As I have muddled my way though life, trying to be something worthy of being , I have always felt it; a pull to something beyond myself. A part of me somehow knowing there was more to me, and more to reality than what meets the eyes of outside world. Do you feel it too?

No matter how charmed any certain life may seem, living as a human being is challenging, to say the least! Maybe we had parents who instructed us from the beginning who it was we were “supposed” to be. Maybe we didn’t. In any case, there is no shortage of people who believe they have a handle on what makes a person good and valuable. Are we to be wealthy and powerful, or simple and altruistic? It depends on who we allow to define this measure of worth for us.

But what if we challenged this pervasive yet inconsistent world view of the supposed value of each person? What if we challenged our belief about our own worth? What if we had the courage to turn our penetrating gaze inward, and discover more about ourselves? What would we find? Who would we find?

I’m sure there have been many throughout my life who have judged me to be… less than I should be. I’m sure I myself have often been first in line to do so. But I must say this about me; I have had the courage to look within. I have dared to peak around every corner of me to see just what it is I have been hiding from. I have risked the acceptable identity I have carefully constructed over the years in order to see me.

I am deeply grateful that I have had many experiences of a spiritual nature. Some have been extremely profound, though all have shaped the person I am today. For years I longed for the reality I was being shown. I was glimpsing something so joyful and comforting that I saw my human life as something merely to be tolerated, something to be endured. But I have continued to seek truth, and I am beginning to see more deeply into reality. It is not human or spirit; the physical world we see with our human eyes or some far off spiritual realm, distant from our current experience. We are eternal, spiritual beings in the midst of a grand exploration of physical existence!

This is a space for me to chronicle my search for truth. I endeavor to have the courage to share my weakness, and the humility to share my strength as I search for myself. I invite you to join me as I endeavor to discover The Nature of Us.