The Source of Who You Are

I have noticed that I can watch my emotions.

I have noticed that I can watch my thoughts.

Both the thoughts and emotions make up what I would call "me", my personality, my identity.

The thoughts and emotions are how I react to the outside. Someone says something and there is an automatic reaction. 

But I have noticed all this, which means that there is some other "I" who notices.

That "I" is the primary space in which all my mental and emotional activity arises and takes place. 

That "I" is constant, timeless and still, yet alive and vibrant.

By asking myself the question, "Who is noticing this?" to all that arises within me - thoughts and emotions - I come into contact with the abiding presence of my own being - the fundamental "I am".

I can exist without my personality, but my personality can't exist without me. The personality is not who I am, in fact, the personality can be a labyrinth to get lost in, a drama to become absorbed by, an endless series of mental emotional noise - problems, fears and doubts.

Wholeness can never be found through the personality. Wholeness can only be found by realizing the source of who you are, which is always Now.