Yesterday you were you, and tomorrow you will be too.
Each day may feel the same, or each day may feel completely different.
Somehow you are you.
You have some identity, a truth, a being that does not go away.
Your doing can not undo this being.
On the cellular level your body sheds and regrows, from the neurons in your brain to the skin on your flesh.
And yet you are still you.
Food that you eat gets transformed into your energy, muscle, fat, and waste.
For a moment it is part of you, and then it is gone.
Air passes through your lungs.
For a moment it is part of you, and then it is gone.
Breathing in, you know who you are.
Even if just for a moment.
What is self?
Is it how I see myself, or how I am seen?
Could it be the sum total of my thoughts, feelings, desires and fears?
It is an illusion?
I believe that intrinsic self is the truth you and I have inside of us.
It was placed there before we had words by a higher power.
You might call it Spirit or the Universe or God.
This intrinsic self is unconditional, natural, and pure.
In our surface-level society we don't spend much time with the intrinsic self.
Our truth is often buried beneath stories, identities, masks, and behavior.
I can be very honest and vulnerable without coming close to my intrinsic self.
These days I am learning to be more honest and more vulnerable than ever by seeking the truth beneath the truth of who I really am.
Letting go of story and mythology, I am finding my faith and my conviction.
I am finding out who I really am.
I am seeking my intrinsic self.