On this plane of duality, we speak of the new and the old. Often, we think of one as being good and the other as being bad. If we search more deeply into spiritual reality, we’ll see that neither of the terms “old” and “new” make sense. There isn’t old or new—there is both. Seeing truth asks us to embrace the old and the new—the tradition and the change.
This longing to know ourselves at a deeper level—at the level of the divine kernel itself—means we must access the realm of feelings. We fear, however, that this is a bottomless pit of meaningless bleakness, unknown terror, unreasonable violence and selfishness. Yes, such layers of negativity do exist in us. But they are a thin veneer compared to our true unlimited depths.
Think about some unimportant incident that left you feeling a certain way. Maybe you were angry or irritated, hurt or frustrated. Or perhaps you had a reaction that was joyful and optimistic. Nestled in each of these reactions was a desire. The way to find out who we are is to figure out the desire that is embedded in each of our daily reactions. In other words, how did we become who we are today?
