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Effortless Meditation with Peter Russell

The Mind Bod Adventure Pod

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I'm Looking for the Self, but Who Are You?

The self is the thing you no, who am i? Who are you? And people just get caught up in lookingo, looking for the self. It's like taking a flashlight into a dark room, looking for where the is coming from. You never find it. All you find are various objects which the light falls upon. Even if you go looking for the deep self, you know, you may find very subtle experiences, qualities of your mind or being that seem like the ter self. The encouragement there is inner, almost like opening being curious and waiting. There's a line from one of the upanishads that says, the self reveals itself to itself. It's not something

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