Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Life keeps kicking you in the balls sometimes. Plans fall apart. Relationships end. Money gets tight. The mind immediately says, “Why is this happening to me?”
I’ve found a different question to be far more freeing:
Who is the one having this experience?
When I sincerely investigate, I notice that the one who feels threatened is usually the self made of stories, history, labels, and identity—the non-self. As I let go of that illusory self, something remains.
Silent.
Present.
Unchanging.
The circumstances may not change immediately, but my relationship to them does. I stop resisting the moment and begin relaxing into it.
The storms of life still come, but they no longer define who I am.
Because this “me” that suffers isn’t what I truly am. What I truly am has always been here—untouched, aware, and free.
@the4th.state
#beherenow #mindfulness #selfrealization #awakening
Life keeps kicking you in the balls sometimes. Plans fall apart. Relationships end. Money gets tight. The mind immediately says, “Why is this happening to me?”
I’ve found a different question to be far more freeing:
Who is the one having this experience?
When I sincerely investigate, I notice that the one who feels threatened is usually the self made of stories, history, labels, and identity—the non-self. As I let go of that illusory self, something remains.
Silent.
Present.
Unchanging.
The circumstances may not change immediately, but my relationship to them does. I stop resisting the moment and begin relaxing into it.
The storms of life still come, but they no longer define who I am.
Because this “me” that suffers isn’t what I truly am. What I truly am has always been here—untouched, aware, and free.
@the4th.state
#beherenow #mindfulness #selfrealization #awakening
