May I Be Free From Identification

Settle down now,

Right where you are,

Experience the sitting,

Or maybe you're lying,

Just noticing the body,

The changefulness of the body,

Connecting to those sensations,

Lightly.

Maybe relax the face,

Relax a little,

Just resting where you are,

And notice the movement of breathing,

Expansion and returning.

Notice all this is happening,

And you're simply watching.

The body is leading its own life,

Moving naturally,

Changing naturally.

There's no need to control it,

There's no I in it,

It is just a happening.

And similarly,

As going with the mind,

Thoughts will pop up and be gone,

Pop up and be gone.

It is a natural process.

Don't believe in what the mind is creating,

Stories,

Memories,

Plans,

It's just a function of the mind.

But it's not the truth of this moment.

This moment you are here,

All the rest,

All feelings,

All thoughts,

All sounds are changeful,

Ungraspable,

Fleeting.

Don't try to hold on to them,

Or define yourself with them.

Also you don't need to reject any feelings or thoughts.

It's not like they're worthless,

Or wrong,

But they're just fleeting.

Now you are here,

Is the only thing certain,

Pure being,

Rest in your own being here.

Refrain from any involvement in the stories of the mind.

Just don't be interested.

Be empty,

Empty.

Only this,

Only this being that is naturally here and doesn't need to be created.

Time and again identification happens.

Whatever the mind makes up seems to be my story,

What's happening to me.

Just see through that and notice I am here,

Even before the story started and after it changes,

I am here.

You might even pray,

Let me be free,

Help me to be free from identification.

Let me stop believing in the ego mind,

Help me to just be and be free from any ideas of a person that I would be.

Please help me to realize my true nature.

You might pray like this and then just sit,

Not expecting anything,

Not wanting anything.

Just be resting in your own presence.