Because we are eternal, we can make this claim. Be bold and willing to accept who you are. You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the ocean expressing itself as a drop. When the drop returns to the massive power of it’s beginning, it is still the same.

The question is, does the drop know that it is the ocean, or does it see itself as a tiny, powerless drop of water? This analogy is pretty pale compared to the supernatural, limitless source of creation, but hopefully the meaning comes through.

If you believe that something greater than this life resides within you, then you feel the rooted, eternal nature of it. The wondrous wanderer who occupies a place in this game of life. And while the only way to engage with the experience of being human is to laugh, cry, love, feel, see, hear, touch, gulp, fall, get up and go again (I’m out of breath), your security, your peace and your infinite nature is not your body. Why? Because the body eventually dies. It is also not in your mind, since, that goes out with the body. It’s in that feathery, perfection that blithely slips, unnoticed from this place to the next. One breath separates us from the dense experience of the body, to the extraordinary wonders of time and space.

Ask yourself, how your life would change if, in your heart of hearts, you came to know and live that truth. Would the potholes of your path be a bit less jarring, or easier to traverse? Would the hotbed of adversity and the confusions of the heart begin to lift?

Close your eyes for a moment. Put your hand on your heart and feel the durable pulse of it. Be drawn into it, let it take you. It is your ever present supply of vitality. It nourishes your body and holds your spirit safe. It’s the powerful throne in the golden and peace filled sanctuary within. It’s the giver that we rarely think of, and yet it graces us with physical life and deepens into the gentle keeper of your natural wisdom, love and safety. All of that is always with you. It is you. Eternal and unchangeable.

Sit there for a bit and ask yourself, what and where is my true Self? Am I just this body and mind? If you were your body, then the body would never die. Why? Because you are eternal. The Soul, or True Self does not die. Therefore, you are not a body and mind. The body is limited. The mind is limited. If you believe that there is something far beyond simply living here on earth, then something in you knows that you are not limited to this existence. And that which you really are is not subject to those limitations. It is naturally consistent and unchanging.

Meditation lifts the mind into the awareness of this truth. Consistent meditation binds the mind to the foundation of constancy and the stability we crave.

Bring Vivekananda’s words into meditation with you. Get into a comfortable sitting place. Place your hand on your heart a read the quote above a time or two. Feel the steady movement of your heart and let it pull you inward. Every inhale will bring you deeper into the center of your being.

When the light brightens around you, there you will meet your one True Self. There is nothing but freedom and infinite space now. What do you feel or look like? Stay for as long as you are held there. Be captivated by the mystery that will no longer evade you. 

When you open your eyes, remain very still. Notice the smooth and flowing energy of quiet strength, even as you see what surrounds you. 

Go there often. You shine because you are unchangeable. May you always remember and never, ever forget.