Thich Nhat Hanh https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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How do I reply to the question "Who am I"? | 2014 07 30

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the Sangha a friend asked I would like
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to know who I am and how to reply to
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this question because to his Who am I
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I am the continuation of my Paris
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I am the cultivation of my ancestors
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this is a very clear I do not have a
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sacred self if I look into myself I can
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see my father I can see my ancestors in
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every cell of my body you can see my
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country my people in every cell Michael
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my mother I can see that I am made of
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many elements that can be described as
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normal elements she is made of
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non-flower elements only a flower is
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made of non-flower elements
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amy is made of normal elements is very
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clear in the flower we can see the
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sunshine during the earth the minerals
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the cloud and no flowers there are
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non-flower elements and well non-flower
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elements come together they produce a
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flower so the normally elements come
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together and produce me so I am that I
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do not have a separate existence I do
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not have a separate self this is a right
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thing and if you see that you are no
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longer lonely because you are the cosmos
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you have this body but you have a cosmos
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cosmic body the whole cosmos can be
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found in you you have the cosmic body
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right here and right now and you can
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talk to the cosmos and you can talk to
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your father in you
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you and your ancestors in Europe you do
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not have you separate you you are made
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of non new element and you had
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reconciliation of parents ancestors
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stars some rivers mountains everything
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is in you so you can talk to them and
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you know that even the world you are
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cosmos
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and this can be seen with meditation
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when you are concentrated and you begin
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to see when suppose a wave him as a sail
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Who am I
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a wave wave appearing on and the wave
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ask Who am I
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and the wave has some time get in touch
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with us here to find out that she is
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oh no she is away but at the same time
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she and she is this way but she is the
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other way also so she'd see the
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connectedness interval nature in her and
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it's very important that the wave
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realized that she has a wave body
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anyways recognized ocean body she rules
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okay
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and often discrimination so that is the
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goodness of meditation should have a
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stash and feel you from this position
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and if you believe that your hair is
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separated from father mother and the
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stairs cosmos you are there's no
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separate self there is you but you have
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not made of non you elements it's like
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the flower is made of non provenance and
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if you leave mindfully and with
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concentration you that is in you and one
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day you find a resting ground of the
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cosmos like in the Christian tradition
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they say resting in God when when we is
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resting at the ocean which is increase
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when you are resting in God in your
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cosmic body right and if you practice
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walking meditation
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every step can help you touch that
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cosmic body that ocean body that make
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you immortal and no longer afraid of
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dying