Most of us feel that our lives are shortlived. After all,compared to eternity, eighty or one hundred years is like the blink of an eye. So this segment of reality, this short time that we call our life, is what we identify ourselves with and is what we continue to relate to for as long as it lasts.
This segment of time on Earth is what we believe we are. We grow in knowledge and identify everything in reality as it applies to us and as we relate it to ourselves, in our own segment of time. It may seem complicated but its really simple. Its this façade, this identity that we take on,that we must free ourselves from in order to f ind our true identity; to discover who we really are.
There is a witness to our life; one who watches us throughout our lives, watching us as we relate and react to the world. Beyond our personality, beyond the persona we present to others, there is an inner man; the spirit of our true self. This inner man, this inner spirit, isn't affected by the ups and downs of our day to day experiences. It is only concerned with truth and self-fulfillment. And whether we are aware of it or not, it is constantly guiding us from within, protecting us and inspiring us to reach for higher realms.
The person we try to be in the world is guided by our ego and is proud, selfish, easily offended and dependant on what others think. When we break free from this facade, from acting and reacting to the world around us, and begin to relate to our true self and find our true purpose in life, then our life takes on a new and more dynamic direction.
You have been given a spirit and through this spirit you are connected to the spirit of the Creator. When we identify with our spirit, our inner man, and connect with the spirit of God, we are saved from a life of suffering and pain, of confusion and depression. When we drop the façade, we can glide easily through life and gradually it gets easier and easier as through this connection to the Creator we experience true joy, true peace, and are no longer a slave to our emotions.
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