In the past few months we have been reflecting and musing on being awake and being asleep; the measure to which we are awake or asleep being operated by the level of consciousness that we bring to each moment; the level to which we remember who or what we are.
What are we?
I hold that I am Awareness. I am the Witness.
If you make changes to my physical body, I remain. If you take away my livelihood or possessions, I remain. If you judge me, I remain. I am the witness. We are all witnesses.
We can forget that we are the witness. We can instead identify as our physical body, we can identify as our livelihood and physical possessions, we can identify as our reputation.
We can also identify as emotions. In a reactive moment, I can become anger, I can become fear, I can become desire.
When we identify with anything other than what we are, we block ourselves from experiencing reality as it is. We sleep. We live in dream. Our reality is distorted by anger, fear, or desire. We create stories. Then we identify with the stories.
But no, you are the Witness.
You may identify as a Salesperson. You may be struggling. You may begin to feel Fear. Fear that you will not succeed, Fear of what others may think, Fear that you are not enough. Your reality becomes colored as such. You experience life in Fear. Each moment in Fear.
Every ‘no’ that you receive is further validation of your fear, every interaction you are afraid of not living up, of what people will think. You create stories. Maybe this isn’t for you. Maybe you are better suited for something else, somewhere else.
Do you not see that you have just created a new reality? You have fallen asleep. You are in dream – or perhaps nightmare?
Wake up. You are the Witness.
When we remember what we are, we can watch our emotions. We can watch our thoughts.
We can break the chains from our reactions. We are not slave to them. We are the Master. When we react in anger, we remember what we are and we do not let it consume us. Rather then let the anger control us, we Witness the anger and we consciously choose to let it pass. To remember what we are.
We remember that our stories are just that, stories – that we have created. Dreams.
When I remember what I am, I also remember what you are. You are Awareness. You are the Witness. You are not your physical body nor any of its traits, you are not your livelihood nor your possessions, you are not your reputation.
Neither are you your emotions. You are not your Fear, your Anger, nor your Desire. You are not your stories about who you are. You are not my stories about who you are. You are not the world’s stories about who you are.
Just as when we remember what we are we can experience reality as it is, we can also experience each other as we are.
Wake up. And keep waking yourself up. Do not let yourself fall asleep.
Through Muses 