In truth, we are like the ocean that takes the particular shape of a wave for a short time. But we forget our oceanness and believe ourselves to be just the wave. We are pure infinite presence before conditioning locks us into a small and separate person. We are free before we become captive to our story and mired in the responsibilities of defending our personhood. We are simply “I am” before we become “I am . . . everything else,” all of which changes and passes, like the ocean waves. The remarkable thing is that we can reclaim this freedom, this knowing, and surrender our story of “me”
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