2/25/2023 0 Comments I am the shadow the true self![]() ![]() Feeling separate is an existential trance in which we have forgotten the wholeness of our being. An acute sense of separation-living inside of a contracted and isolated self-amplifies feelings of vulnerability and fear, grasping and aversion. ![]() ![]() We want life to be different from the way it is. To the degree that we identify as a separate self, we have the feeling that something is wrong, something is missing. The Buddha taught that suffering arises out of feeling separate. In realizing non-separation, we come home to our primordial and true nature. The experience of universal belonging is at the heart of all mystical traditions. When we feel part of the whole, connected to our bodies, each other, and the living Earth, there is a sense of inherent rightness, of being wakeful and in love. Our most fundamental sense of well-being is derived from the conscious experience of belonging. I yearn to belong to something, to be contained By Tara Brach (The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2001 issue of Inquiring Mind (vol. ![]()
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