Home | Accounting
Who are you? That’s an interesting question. Who are you? You might answer “Judy Smith, banker, mother of two.” But is that who you really are? Here are a few interesting things to think about. But first, let’s start out with a task. Look around you. Is there something small, like a pen or something that you can pick up? I want to you to pick it up, and then put it down, and then return to this article. Now, what tool did you use to pick it up? Is your answer your hand? (Bear with me if this sounds stupid.) To most people your body is a tool. Who is the one controlling the body? Think about this before you read the next paragraph, I don’t want to lead your thoughts. If your answer is, “I am controlling the body, of course!” Who is the “I am”? Or did you answer “the mind”? To most people, they would answer “the mind.” The mind is the one controlling your body. They are their mind. Keep that train of thought. Now here’s the next exercise. Answer this question: What is (3 + 4 + 6) x 30 – 311? The answer doesn’t matter. What tool did you use to solve that maths problem? Your mind, your thoughts? If you are your mind, then who is the one that used the mind as a tool to solve the maths problem? Who is the one controlling your thoughts? Are not you your thoughts? Now how about this? Get angry. Think of something that makes you angry. Your boss, a specific event, a recent argument… Feel the emotion. Then try to think of something that you love. A favourite nephew, niece, or son perhaps? Feel that emotion. Who is the one feeling the emotions? Are not you your emotions? Who are you? Now the theory You are not your body. This is easier for people to understand then the rest of the article. They think of their bodies as a physical vehicle for them to move around in, a machine. Put in X calories and you will gain Y pounds of fat, so you have to run for Z minutes to burn that off. Who is using their bodies as a vehicle? Most people are identified with their minds and their emotions. They think they are the little brain sitting inside the giant body and giving the body orders. But when you think about it, you can use the mind as well. You are controlling your mind, telling it to do things, telling it to think. Does it still make sense to think that you are your mind? What about the emotions? If you can control your emotions, then you are not your emotions. Then who are you? This is a question that purportedly leads to enlightenment, if you discover the answer. I don’t know, because I’m not enlightened yet (as of date of writing ;-) ) These questions and realisations are asked and taught by several philosophers, including Eckhart Tolle and Ramana Maharshi. (I am not saying this is the sum of their teachings, nor do I claim to be an expert!) The first step to freedom from unhappiness I don’t know much about enlightenment, nor of this philosophy. Why am I sharing this with you? Because this very realisation – that you are not your mind or thoughts, your emotions, and your body – is what got me out of my depression. It has moved me from being easily irritated to being happy 99% of the time. Being able to observe my thoughts and emotions – the cause of much sadness and suffering – and knowing that it is not me, has been the important first step in being free of sadness and suffering. Next time you feel upset, then be aware that it is simply something inside your vessel. Next time you are sad, angry, observe it. It is not you. It is merely something inside you, an energy that has risen. It is not wrong or bad, it is simply energy, fed by your thoughts. Accept it, and let it be, and it will dissipate. If this has done something for you, and you would like to explore more, read up more on the rest of the emotional mastery category, or research more on the two names I mentioned above. I hope this article has helped you taken the first step as well. Otherwise I’m just a tool :-)
Information and Articles: http://www.mastersmba.com
Providing Information on various topics, please browse our other Articles for more informative resources, we house information on every topic imaginable so regardless of your needs you can be assured to find the answer here. If you wish to reprint this on your own website, simply click the "Web Version" in the right menu, and you are presented with a pre-formatted document to use.
A lot of the information is written by the Master Article team, and published exclusively on the MastersMBA.com website, and we do our best to research all information to ensure it's as accurate as possible. However at times we also publish documents given to us by other sources, we do examine these documents to ensure they are as accurate and correct as possible however at times they discuss highly specialized fields making it hard to authenticate the validity of every fact in the document. These are written by specialists in their respective fields, and we do trust their integrity and judgment however it's always a good idea when doing any research to consult a number of sources and form your own conclusion based on a number of view points.
Some of this weeks most popular categories are: Finance - Health - Business - Credit Loans and Acne
