Leaving the “bundle of me” behind

 I am sometimes greedy, jealous and angry, but I am also compassionate, generous and kind on many occasions. Am I a bundle of attributes, sometimes this and sometimes that dependent on how the day goes and how my environment interacts with me? Am I the one who can make the bundle of attributes more presentable over time? Can I learn from my mistakes, perhaps even ignore the callings of my less appealing personality traits? Am I the one who observes the thinker and the feeler who wonders if he is this or that?

 

 

The trick is to awake to the whole personality game that we have been playing all our lives, even after Awakening. When self-involved thought stops, the “me” disappears together with all its attributes, good or bad. The spiritual observer who figures “I am That and not this or that” is the same illusion as the “me.” No, it becomes still when the “me” gets its arms around itself. There is serenity and love in that state. How to get to that state? Let’s start with the present moment and let’s start with the “me” and let’s see what happens.