The real “you.” The real deep down “you”
is not a puppet which life pushes around.
The real deep down you is the whole universe. – Alan Watts
Sometimes the
hardest thing to trust is our own being.
Because of avidya, that is, our non-recognition of our true nature, we
have been lead to believe that we are limited ego-selves isolated in our
bodies. However, even our bodies
themselves are expressions of the universe.
They are made up of “stardust.”
We cling to this sense of separate identity and forget that we are not
just part but parcel of everything.
We have been sold
an illusion. The illusion is not that
the apparent, phenomenal world doesn’t exist.
If you step out in front of a car you will get hurt. The illusion is deeper. The real you is timeless and invincible. The real you has been around forever and will
continue through multiple cycles of universes.
The real you is not involved in the space-time continuum.
At the same time
the space-time continuum is a natural expression of who we are. We are not separate from the universe but we
are also essentially beyond it. As
conscious beings we are not inside the universe; the universe is within
us.
