“just try to imagine what it might be like to experience an authentic, genuine you, free of all your ideas about yourself. With your awareness cleared of all the conceptualizing that usually dominates your experience—your beliefs, history, education, assumptions, drives, emotions, etc.—you might have a sense of being present even without really knowing what it is that’s being present. You might simply have an immediate and genuine experience, unobstructed by self-image, personal history, or any other self-oriented activities. Imagine the freedom of experiencing life, others, and self from such an open position.”