It may be one of the very first questions, and still most important questions, mankind has ever thought to ask, who am I?
It’s a funny question that can present immense difficulties in answering. As the art of poetry attempts to express what is inexpressable in terms of words, so it is with attempting to answer the question of one’s identity in terms of thoughts.
The answer I have found, through my own experience here on earth, is that the true essence of all things is that which can be found in the force of Love. But in order to communicate just what I mean by “Love” we have to disegard all conceptions that we have made as to what “Love” is.
The word “Love” may rise images of a lover or romantic relationship we’ve had, the love we knew from our parents, or the many other forms which society has marked as being called Love. But the Love I write about, to be understood, is a Love beyond thoughts, ideas, and conceptions. When I speak on the subject of Love to others, it is implied that we are actually discussing is something beyond the mere words we are exchanging; therefore, there is a certain amount of unspoken trust required to have a true discussion on the matter at all.
“I” is what “I” identify as being th universal self. Not the self as though who I am is something trapped within this body encapsulated by skin, but a self which only knows itself by everything surrounding, everything there is. And so when we see our true self as being in everything else, everything other, we see that root of everything which is Love, God, Brahmin, or whatever you want to call it. We then feel moved with love and compassion for everything, and in this way we are liberated from the box of skin we commonly identify with, into the liberation and freedom of a life lived for Love.
Thank you for reading this contemplation.
-MR
The Ministry 