Who is this "I" that we all speak of

Well Jake, that is a very good question. It is a deep, philosophical and existential question. There are trillions upon trillions of answers to this question, some from science, some from faith and religions. Yet, in the end it seems so very simple.

"I" is the thing that is at peace inside of me. "I" is what shines in my eyes when I genuinely smile. "I" is that feeling you get from me when I tell you I love you and I mean it. "I" is undefinable.

Part of "I" is in me (but that raises conundrum, isn't "me," "mine." and "my" just other forms of "I"... yes it is, tee hee hee.)Part of "I" is in that rock, tree, flower, air, empty space, forms, tears, a laugh, the tangible and the intangible, the conceivable and the inconceivable, the past and the future... "I" is all that right...NOW.

THIS MOMENT!!! Grasp on to it! Ask yourself what is going on in this moment, what is around me, what beauty us there. The more you ask this, the more you will live in the present moment

NOW LET GO!!! Let go of that feeling you had when you snap back to reality and are no longer present. For if you were truly present all the time, you'd probably be that wise man on the mountain top, or the happiest person alive... but we don't have to do either of those things. We don't have to distance ourselves the more we live in the now and we don't have to immerse our self the more we live in the moment.

We are all one, one is all, one is everything, emptiness has no form, I am the Walrus.

So I ask you... what is going on right now?