Our True Self

A car is made up of metal, plastic, composite, liquids and gasses as parts.

They are put together to make assemblies.

Assemblies put together make the car's parts.

Parts are put together to make the machinery, body and chasis.

These are put together to make a car.

The car has three identities at this stage. Manufacturer, Model and Year of Manufacture.

The car's identity becomes unique when the engine number and chasis number are stamped or engraved.

It gains an unique identity when it is registered with the transport authority post sale.  It then gets possessed. The owner becomes the possessor. A non entity becomes owned.

Same is the case with us all. Our primary origin is the egg from which we were born. Prior to it we were in the form of food our maternal grandma ate.

The egg on fertilisation became ovum and on attaching to the uterine wall an embryo and subsequently an growing embryo, thence a foetus and then a living baby after 23 weeks of pregnancy. We were born in roughly the 40th week of pregnancy of our mother. We had one of two identities - male and female. 

Stage of Company, Model and Date of Manufacture of a Car.

Our parents received us. We were then formally named and possessed even registered with the birth registry.

Stage of Car's Registration. We were possessed with a name, parental names and family name. With it came our tribe, race, caste and religion.

At around 18 month's we recognised ourself as ourself when we looked at ourself in the mirror and sort of said to ourself - that's me. We came to possess ourselves.

Around the age of three years was when we asserted our identity as in I, he, she, we, they etc. The ego was born.

We then started fighting to protect, promote and assert our ego to others through resistance, ownership and belonging - with name and qualities - the ego was moulded.

We then started promoting our unique identity around the time we grew to be some 15 - 16 years of age.

The we became owners of others - our brothers and sisters, parents, people in the extended family, friends, associates, company etc. The ego firmed up.

Coming to know our true Ideentity.

Similar to the origins of the car to be atoms and molecules (these are universal) we too are made of food our maternal grandma ate (again the same or similar atoms and molecules).

Similar to the identity formation and name and fame of car, we too gained an inflated ego. Our real identity got lost.

So what is our real identity. The universal one to which our origins can be traced. Next our being and existence as givens. Thirdly the innate capacity and urge to know i. e. pursuing consciousness.

Erasing the ego methodically is one of many ways to realise our true Identity.

Please care to read another post on consciousness by tapping here -> CONSCIOUSNESS  

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