Steady Wisdom: 108 Verses On Changing My Thinking
DAY 30
I witness my body acting as if it were someone else’s. There is no reason to be disturbed by praise or blame.
– Ashtavakra Samhita 3:10
Meditation
How strange is it that while I am absolutely clear that I am not another person’s body, I identify with this body that looks and feels closest to me, call it “myself” and claim its actions as my own. But how can this be? I witness the bodies of others the same as I witness this one—they are all thoughts known to me. As such, this body cannot be me. I merely witness it acting, the same as I witness the actions of other’s bodies. Just as I cannot be praised or blamed for the actions of other’s bodies that I witness, I cannot be praised or blamed for the actions of this body that I witness. I am the action-less, blameless self. OM.
End Of Knowledge 