The Point Is to Stop Thinking (transcript)
Breathe in and raise your vibration.
Breathe out and release your resistance.

Breathe in and raise your vibration.
Breathe out and release your resistance.

Relax your body.

Breathe in and notice your thoughts.
Breathe out and ask, to whom do these thoughts arise?

Breathe in and just relax.
Breathe out and let yourself slow down.

There’s no rush, no worries, no hurries. You’re in the right place at the right time. Everything is unfolding perfectly. Let yourself relax and enjoy this moment just the way it is.

Breathe in and say yes to what is.
Breathe out and smile because life is not serious.

Only your thoughts can make you feel bad. Only your thoughts make you feel like life isn’t right the way it is. Only your thoughts are making you suffer.

Breathe in and notice your thoughts.
Breathe out and let the thoughts go.

Sometimes no matter how hard we try to feel better, to step into our power, the thoughts are still there, the thoughts keep coming, we still feel unsatisfied, unfulfilled, wanting more, bored. In those moments, ask yourself, who am I who is so bored? Who am I who’s so crabby? Who am I who is suffering?

Breathe in and ask, who am I who is suffering?
Breathe out and feel your attention turn around to look at itself.

In the past I have been so confused by the question “Who am I?” because I don’t know. I don’t know the answer. The “I” doesn’t know the answer. The personality doesn’t know the answer. The personality is just a stream of thoughts. There is no center. There is no single point where the thoughts are coming from. The personality is not fixed. The personality is not real.

Breathe in and ask, “Who am I?”
Breathe out and feel your attention turn around to look at itself.

There is no answer. The answer is what is. The answer is just the noticing, the awareness that is already here. Who you are is what is already here. There’s nothing to think about. There’s nothing to figure out. The answer to, who am I? is this. No words, no thoughts, no action. The answer to, who am I? is this.

Breathing in, who am I?
Breathing out, I am.

I exist. That’s it. There’s no deep answer. The answer that you’re looking for that will make you feel better is just the sensation of your attention turning around. The answer to, who am I? isn’t words. It isn’t in your mind. It’s this. The answer to, Who am I? is this.

Breathe in and ask, who am I?
Breathe out and really look: who am I?

Who am I who feels rushed and like I need to get things done? The question is just to stop the thoughts. The point is just to stop thinking, to stun yourself into the present moment where everything is fun and there’s nothing to worry about. The question “Who am I?” is just to stop the thoughts. It’s the turning around and looking, just being aware of being aware. The answer to “Who am I?” is effortless, choiceless, pure awareness, but you don’t have to think those thoughts when you ask that question. You already are those things.

Breathing in, who am I?
Breathing out, who am I?

The answer isn’t words. The answer is your being. The answer is you are. It’s this. Everything. Nothing. The sensation of your attention looking at itself. That’s who you are, just awareness. You are effortless, choiceless, pure awareness.

Breathing in, who am I?
Breathing out, who am I?

As you go about your day, ask this question. Instead of reacting to reality with “I’m mad at this, I want this to happen, I need this to change, I need more money, where is that message? I need, I need, I need, I want, I want, I want.” Every time you notice yourself getting tangled up in the mind, just ask, “Who am I who needs more money? Who am I who’s waiting for a message? Who am I who wants something to change so I can feel better? Who am I who’s sitting in this chair? And feel your attention turn around to look at itself, and in that split-second of bliss when there’s no thought—that’s who you are. Effortless, choiceless, pure awareness.

Breathe in and keep asking, “Who am I?”
Breathe out and keep resting in the answer that isn’t words.

It’s peaceful here. The answer is already solved. You’re already doing it. Let yourself relax into loving being alive.

Breathing in, who am I?
Breathing out . . .