You Are Not What You Do…. (Inspired by Eckhart Tolle)

Watching this weeks Oprah class the one thing that really stuck out for me was the thing about labels.

If you asked me who I was I would say I am a Psychic Counsellor, an Empowerment Coach, a mother, chief cook and bottle washer, a bit of a comedian, a girlfriend, a lover, but in truth these are what I do, they are roles I play, they are hats I wear, they are not me, they are not the essence of me, they are not what make me who I am. If I stopped doing these things I would still exist, all that would have happened would be that I had stopped playing a role, my outer existence would alter but my inner self would stay the same.

Or I may answer, happy, sad, tired, aching, but these are just feelings, states of mind these are not what I am, if I stopped feeling happy or sad or tired, I would still exist, I would exist without the feeling of happiness, sadness, etc.

A woman on the Oprah show asked how she could get over the fact she was having problems with getting old and losing her looks. She needs to learn no matter what the outside looks like, it’s the inside that makes us who we are. This is a great example of what happens when we put too much emphasis on our outward appearance and make that synonymous of who we are, when the outward appearance starts to fade we feel we are fading with it, instead of accepting it’s not us that is changing but just our appearance that is changing.

We are so used to being something and feeling something all the time that we are scared if the labels and the feelings go then surely we will be dead. But you are you when you are sleeping yet when you are sleeping you are not playing a role and you are not feeling, you are simply being. If only we could be awake when we are asleep we would understand what it feels like not to feel or play a role but just simply be.

Everyday find time to take off your hats, let go of the feelings and simply be.

Who and what am I……………I am me…………

Blessings.