Legs on a Snake

Sam Blight

From a conversation with Kit Baker:

We're so used to being identified with our various roles in life, not to mention every thought and feeling that arises, it's hardly surprising that this habit continues with the only aspect of experience we don't have to identify with (because we already are That). So even when we See who we really are, the mind might say "Oh, right -- that's who I am". It's not wrong in a way, it's just good to be alert so as not to be distracted too much by the fascinating stories the mind can then start to spin, based on this nugget of "truth". The stories of identity are not a problem per se as long as there is also Seeing -- ie being aware as well of the Awake Space in which they are arising.

Some teachings give the impression that somehow all the mind's story-telling ceases forever when we see Who we really are. My experience is that the thought/feeling generator has a lot of momentum. Wanting it to stop is just another story but Seeing in Whom the thoughts and feelings are happening is tremendously liberating and transformative, while the Seeing lasts. We're then experiencing it all from a Place where nothing ever happens and nothing needs fixing, identifying or dis-identifying with.