Remembering who we are

Reading from Wednesday, July 29, 2015 yoga class

My friend, Bev, sent me a blog entry by her friend, Mike Brown.  I want to meet this guy someday.  His blog is called Stumbling Along the Spiritual Path.

"I believe part of the spiritual journey is trying to remember everything we have forgotten.  We are born perfect but begin to lose our true nature as we "mature."  In a manner of speaking the spiritual journey is a return to the self.  As we grow older we feel like we learn new things.  I don't think it is a learning so much as it is a remembering.  As we remember who and what we are, we re-discover our true self, a self that is often hidden by our personalities. The challenge of the spiritual journey, and the return to the self, often pushes us to act the opposite of the way we want to act or think we should act.  On some levels we are all frauds and impostors  People sometimes ask me, "how can I have inner peace?"  Inner peace is not the result of having no conflict or challenges in your life.  Inner peace comes from being who you are, accepting who you are, and being OK with who you are.   If you are doing these things you are on your way to being your truest self and experiencing inner peace.  Now if I can just remember to do this!!!

I think Mike does a really good job explaining the koshas in this piece.  .