Be Your Authentic Self

Smaller than a grain of rice is the Self; smaller than a grain of barley, smaller than a mustard seed, smaller than a canary seed, yea, smaller even than the kernel of a canary seed. Yet again is that Self, within the lotus of my heart, greater than the earth, greater than the heavens, yea, greater than all the worlds.  – Chandogya Upanishad

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.  – Mat.17.20

Consciousness cannot be located anywhere.  It is tinier than the smallest seed and goes beyond the furthest extents of our known universe.  This is the range of our mind’s scope.  In our modern age we are more and more aware of the infinitesimally discrete dimensions of our apparent reality and the equally extreme reaches of space.  Wherever consciousness goes, we are.  Everything you encounter is none other than you.

At the same time we tend to look for ourselves in the three-dimensional display of the universe.  When we do so, we lose sense of our connection with the source field.  Our conditioning tells us to investigate the sensory realm for deeper answers.  Yoga tells us to look within, to honor and respect our subjective essence.  Whether we are ready to accept it, or not, there is no “reality” beyond what we are willing to be aware of.