Who are you?
Close your eyes and open your mind and say, “Who am I?”.
Do you have thoughts of yourself as a wonderfully bright light so precious and peaceful and so very loved by God? Do you have thoughts of being totally accepted, having complete confidence and the knowledge of God’s blessings in everything you do? Do you have thoughts of no condemnation, purity in spirit and freedom from all forms of bondage?
If not, then you don’t know who you are.
You can also ask, “What do people see when they look at me?”. If they don’t see the same thing, they aren’t seeing you for who you really are either. Even when you look at others, are you seeing them for who they really are?
Whether you accept it or not, believe it or not, practice it or not or acknowledge it or not, you are a creation of God; a spiritual being. God didn’t create you out of thin air. He took a part of himself and made it into you. That’s how he can call us his Sons; his children. We are his offspring in every true sense of the word.
You are not a body. Your body is an important instrument of your spirit; a vehicle, but it is not who you are. Are you disabled or ill? Your body or brain may be disabled or ill, but it is not who you are. It’s not possible for your spirit to be disabled or ill. Are you hungry, or tired or depressed or mad? Your spirit can be none of these and therefore those feelings don’t reflect who you really are.
It can be difficult to look at a beggar in the street and know that he is a beautiful spirit, just like you, with all the love and peace of God at his disposal. It can be even harder to imagine a mass murderer as a child of God as well, but they both are. We all are. What our bodies look like and the things we often do, have no reflection to what is really inside us and does not reflect often enough as to who we really are.
OK, I know this sounds way out there, but reflect on those thoughts for a moment and let them sink in. God created us in his image, but God does not have a body. God is a spiritual being, as are we, as are you. Your body is just the means by which you can serve God. There is no other purpose for it. It’s just a physical manifestation that represents you, but everything physical eventually dies and ceases to exist.
