Self expression

 Become aware of what is in you;

announce it, produce it,

and give birth to it.

Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Self expression is a curious thing. We would whither if we didn’t give birth to the music that is playing inside, yet, when we always give free expression to what we feel strongly about we would only be venting. So, which is it?

Ramana Maharshi observed, “Look, this little finger covers the eye and prevents the whole world from being seen.” Along a spiritual quest we spot self identification and expression in action and get the self out of the Way.

We have to accept who we are. There is a time to express our conditioned self, and there is a time to allow life to express itself. We are the observer in either setting; a time to do, a time to reflect on our doing, and a time to just be!