The Separate Self

The illusory, separate self 

can only ever feel not enough, 

because it is separate from 

Its source, 

which is pure consciousness.

It is separate from the truth.

The false self is a mirage,

a concept, 

an ephemeral, 

ever-changing landscape

of energy,

beliefs, 

Ideas,

thoughts, 

notions, 

opinions, 

preferences, 

stories, 

and experiences, 

and stored up, tactile sensations

and constricted energy 

from unprocessed past traumas

and untended grief.

This limited, 

fearful, 

separate self

is not who we are, 

but who we mistake ourselves to be.

Who we truly are is 

the unchanging, 

always abiding

present moment awareness,

the sacred witness

to the interplay of form

in the outer world.