For almost all my life I thought I was what society taught me to be…
A man, brother, son, father, husband, friend, banker, American…human.
Then a new realization entered my consciousness: I am not my perception.
Before I could come to this new revelation, I had to discard the cultural virtue distilled by Descartes: “Cogito Ergo Sum” [translated “I think, therefore I am”].
My discovery is not unique. It is one amongst an emerging understanding expressed by diverse sources that reflect the dawning of a new paradigm.
I can not Be my perception because I create my perception. My perception changes as I experience life. As I learn the lessons of my experience, my perception becomes a more accurate expression of how life works. Ultimately, the wisdom of my perception combined with our cultural expectation led me to assume my perception of myself…is myself. It is not.
If I am not my perception, who am I?
I am energy.
I am currently embodied in human form to experience the limitations that only life can provide.
I surge when I grow close to other energy sources and ebb when I am isolated.
My energy transfers and even accelerates when I give or receive love. And then I am no longer limited to my own body.
I am part of something that exceeds this isolated, individualistic assumption of our existence.
I become Us.
Who are you?
