Do you know yourself? Can you recognize yourself if your were to walk by you on the street? Or if you overheard a conversation between you and another? How?
Try this experiment:
- Sit in a comfortable position. Feel that the base of the body is supported, spine drawn upwards, shoulders relaxed, head balanced on neck.
- Take a moment to feel into the entire body; moving through it part by part if that helps.
- Then become aware of your breath. Feel it moving in and out of the nasal passages. Watch it with the attitude of an observer, as if noticing it for the first time. Don’t try and change it in any way (and don’t not try to change it either). Just let it be and watch.
- The experiment begins from this point…
- See your self in your mind. Which details show up? Can you see your body? Are you wearing clothes? Can you see your face? What color are your eyes? Does the you within the mind have density?
- Say something. Does it have a voice? Is it the same you hear when you really speak?
- Does it feel emotion?
I think we can recreate ourselves within the mind to the degree that we know really know ourselves. Like an expert potter molding clay with eyes closed; the final product product will reflect his oneness with that he is working with.