Be content with who you are. There is no need to grab the identity and spirit of others. I can be enough for myself, and with God’s love, I can show my love by being of service.
Whenever I feel distressed and lost, all the angels and saints pray for me to get back on track, to find my way to The Center. In an angel reading, they once said to me, “Return to your core and speak candidly with love and compassion for yourself and those you love. Be fearless in the essence of love. There are peace and kindness, which is your natural state of being.”
What comforting words. How often I forget them! When I choose anxiety, worry, concern, and resentment, I believe those messages about myself and consider them of others.
Be fearless in the essence of love. Do not take on the responsibilities of others lest you become fractured and tense. Let go. Surrender control. Let God take over. Be content with who you are. Deep in your soul, you will find peace and kindness.
The Invisible One
The student inquires: “Who makes my mind think?
Who fills my body with vitality?
Who causes my tongue to speak? Who is that
Invisible One who sees through my eyes
And hears through my ears?”
The teacher replies: “The Self is the ear of the ear,
The eye of the eye, the mind of the mind,
The word of the words, and the life of the life.
Rising above the sense and the mind
And renouncing separate existence,
The wise realize the deathless Self.
“She our eyes cannot see, nor words express;
She cannot be grasped even by our mind.
We do not know, we cannot understand,
Because she is different from the known
And she is different from the unknown.
Thus have we heard from the illumined ones.
“That which makes the tongue speak, but cannot be
Spoken by the tongue, know that as the Self.
This Self is not someone other than you.
“That which makes the mind think, but cannot be
Thought by the mind, that is the Self indeed.
This Self is not someone other than you.
“That which makes the eye see, but cannot be
Seen by the eye, that is the Self indeed.
This Self is not someone other than you.
“That which makes the ear hear, but cannot be
Heard by the ear, that is the Self indeed.
This Self is not someone other than you.
“That which makes you draw breath, but cannot be
Drawn by your breath, that is the Self indeed.
This Self is not someone other than you.”
–Kena Upanishads