What are you? This is kinda the ultimate question. The question that we really don't want to ask because the truth is a bit uncomfortable. But the fact is, "you" as an entity in isolation don't exist. We all speak in terms of "I." I went to the store today. I am angry at her. I don't like eating squid. The only use the "I" has for our purposes is for communication. Otherwise it's a myth we perpetuate. A limiting myth. There is no you in you.
We exist in a soup of external and internal influences and yes, perhaps there is a body that moves, a mind that thinks, but there is no you. There is no me. We misinterpret all of the things that we are doing as something that I do or he does. But the fact is, it is all just happening. You have nothing to feel guilty about and you have nothing to be proud of.
The only thing that maybe we are able to do is decide to feel frustration or appreciation for our circumstances. Frustration is a state of low energy and therefore low energy (unfun) things happen. Appreciation is the function of high energy. If we actually do have a role to play it is from either of those 2 standpoints. If you feel frustrated, try appreciating. It's that easy. There is no other power or control of which you are capable.
When we truly have looked within to see that there is not any sort of "I" lurking inside, the notion of feeling anger, blame, envy, or other yucky stuff towards someone else seems utterly absurd. There is no separation. You are everything. To send any other kind of energy away from yourself other than love, acceptance, joy, appreciation or other fun stuff is only, I repeat, ONLY hurtful to you. Because you ARE everything that you see, feel, taste, smell, hear. So let's stop the insanity.
"You got the power to let power go?" - Kanye West
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