"As we see everything coming and going - the breathing, feelings, mind states - we begin also to see that the whole notion of a self who is doing these things is imaginary.
The things you're identifying as self are merely mind states that you're going through.
The truth is that we don't own anything, not our bodies, not even the content of our minds.
When you're fully aware of a mind state - the same way you're aware of the breathing - you'll see that it's just there. It doesn't belong to anyone.
We can't regulate what comes into our consciousness. All we can do is relate to it in a new way.
Under no circumstances attach to anything as me or mine.
You're just a series of births and deaths happening, all day long. You're a process."
The things you're identifying as self are merely mind states that you're going through.
The truth is that we don't own anything, not our bodies, not even the content of our minds.
When you're fully aware of a mind state - the same way you're aware of the breathing - you'll see that it's just there. It doesn't belong to anyone.
We can't regulate what comes into our consciousness. All we can do is relate to it in a new way.
Under no circumstances attach to anything as me or mine.
You're just a series of births and deaths happening, all day long. You're a process."
Breath by breath: the liberating practice of insight meditation
