Being Kind To Our Self

Self is a misunderstanding in the mind,
something that consciousness picked up.

When we think that we’re thinking, we are actually observing thinking taking place.

We can see this clearly in meditation.

Thinking is consciousness relating to things, which forms an imprint in the mind to which we constantly refer to make judgements, thus creating a feeling of self.

The essence of mind is pure, and free of all contamination. It’s what we are – pure ethereal consciousness. There’s no feeling of what we are; there is just pure being. It is timeless, like space, but aware.

The moment consciousness relates to anything, this timeless awareness is forgotten.

So how do we become kind to the mirage?
By knowing the process.

When we were young, we picked up experiences that created the wiring in our brain which consciousness adopted. We then call that ‘my self’. We may like or dislike this self, but it’s what we have to work with.

The path to happiness is seeing this patterning – which we are holding onto and which distracts us – as our teacher. Our practice is letting go of the past, and being spontaneously intuitive.

Being kind is the conscious practice of empathy, having compassion toward our self and others’ selves regarding the predicament we’re all in.

Being kind is understanding how we all work.