Who are you?

Never is a question more wrongly answered than this:

Who are you?

You are not your name
You are not your appearance, or your physical shape
You are not your age
You are not your profession
You are not your gender or sexuality, or your nationality
You are not the property of the state, your employer, spouse, partner or family 
You cannot be defined by wealth or status
You cannot be defined by the car you drive, or the house in which you live
You are not the clothes you wear, the food you eat, or your golf swing
You are not defined by your goals or your ambitions
You cannot be contained, or imprisoned, for you are more than your body 
You are not what you did, what others said you did, or what you thought you did
You cannot be labelled
You are not what others may call you
You are not your mind or your memories
You are not what happened to you in your past
You are not defined by your doubts or fears
You are not your language or culture
You are not your social media profile nor your username, nor your latest selfie
You are not your football team’s ranking or your position in the local community
You are not an economic unit turning the wheels of industry
You are not your religion or political persuasion
You are not a victim, though your ego may choose that name for yourself
You are no-one’s master, though others may say otherwise, or you may think otherwise
You are not the same human being you were a minute ago, for nothing in the universe is fixed in time
You are neither good nor bad

Know this..

You are one who could instinctively save another with no thought for your own life
You are the one behind the smile to a stranger – for no reason other than an expression of life seeking life
You are one who can give love to others, and who is worthy of love from others
You are the one who can bring light where there is darkness, if you so choose
You are the one who can be the party, not just go to the party
You are one who can say more with silence than with words
You are one who can speak up when truth cannot be suppressed
You are one who can be alone, but not be lonely
You are one who can see, though your eyes may be closed
You are one who can be both the musical notes and the silence in between them in the symphony
You are the one who is the artist and the subject
You are one who can choose destruction or creation, chaos or order, suffering or compassion
You are one who can choose happiness or sorrow
You are more than you can think
You are more than you can speak
You are more than you can do
You are greater than your feelings
You are more than the sum total of all your daily habits
You are more than the program hard-wired into your subconscious
You are so much more than you will ever understand
You are spontaneous
You are magnificence itself
You are an incredible work of art and are not to be rushed, but to be marvelled at and appreciated
You are limitless universal power – ever flowing, never ceasing
You are multi-dimensional
You are bigger than this world
You are beyond all analytical thinking and experimentation
You are less than no one, you are greater than no one
You are the creator of your earthly experience
You are the maker of the movie of your life – the director and the star
You are the force which moves the avatar – your body – in whatever manner you may choose, be it with grace, agility, or aggression
You are the being that can remain absolutely still and do nothing – just be
You are the guard at the doorway of your mind
You are the thinker, not the thoughts
You are the infinite space between all your thoughts
You are the creator of the thoughts from which all else proceeds and from which your reality unfolds
You are utterly complete and in need of no one or no thing
You are perfect imperfection
You are me, and I am you
You are from that which has no name, no sound, no image
You are the very stuff of the universe
You are infinite
You are all that is, all that was and all that shall ever be.
You are pure energy

You are life itself, discovering.. life itself

Author: Paul 'Mabzi'

I'm a musician/composer/writer from the UK. I'm in the process of re-branding this website, so if you're a returning visitor - welcome back! - things may look a little different. I've ditched some old posts as they are no longer relevant to who I am and where I am now and the world we live in. If you follow this site you'll start to see posts about things that matter most to me - environment, conservation, self-help, self-development, politics, society, science, astronomy. And music of course! Follow me on twitter: @PaulMabzi My music is here: https://soundcloud.com/paul-mahabir View all posts by Paul 'Mabzi'