Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

Who are we when we detach from our own mind?

Ah, very good question. At first, you were identified with the conceptual mind, the storymaking

mind. Your sense of identity was the story of me.

My past, my memories, my beliefs, my...

That's right.

All these thoughts that are accumulated in my mind from the past that I've told myself,

this happened to me, this is what's wrong with me, this is why I'm not good enough,

or this person did this, or whatever. Now, when the awareness arises, your sense of who you are,

your sense of identity begins to shift from being lodged in the conceptual mind, the voice in the head, it goes to a deeper place and you realize

who you are in your essence is actually the awareness itself. In other words, this is a dimension

of consciousness. I call it beyond thought. Thinking is a wonderful thing.

Thinking is a very powerful tool for creating. However, if thinking is all we have and we look for our

identity in the mind, then that is very limiting. If thinking is used as a tool, it's very

powerful and empowering and can be very creative. But if thinking becomes self-serving,

in other words, you're completely identified with this stream of thinking that never, for most

people, never stops. But the most important thing in a person's life, and this is why thinking that never, well, most people never stops. But the most important

thing in a person's life, and this is why we're here, is to experience this shift in consciousness

so that increasingly, in glimpses at first, but then increasingly, your sense of who you are

is the space of awareness, the presence.

On the one hand, you have your form identity.

Your form is the most of physical body, which is the first thing people identify with.

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