Tiger, Who Are You?

Q&A Tuesday

Submitted Question

What gives dude? Who are you, and why do you know everything?
Anonymous – USA

Insight

Hmmm. How am I suppose to take that question? On the one hand, there could be tremendous sarcasm, and on the other hand there could be sincerity. Either way, my answer fits both of them.

Who am I? The most I can be in your world, is the person you perceive me to be. Your perception of me, can never truly be me, it is only your interpretation; with your judgments and all.

Did you ever notice that there are as many interpretations of you, as there are as many people who have experienced your presence. There are even those who have never met you, who carry some sort of preconceived notion of who you are. What are all these ideas floating around in peoples head about who you are, and what role do they play in your life?

For myself, I can’t and don’t, expect anyone to fully understand me or my purpose. I find it almost irrelevant if people understand me, agree with me, or like me as a person. I say this, because it is not my responsibility to control the thoughts of others. Nor do I have any desire to manipulate and deceive their thoughts into thinking certain things about me. What a waste of time, time spent on subject matter totally unaligned with truth.

People are going to judge you, but is it really you they are judging? Do they not have a right to think their own thoughts? So, why does it hurt so bad, when you hear that others speak poorly of you? Something to think about.

Personal Experience…

The people who know me, predominately from my life experience before… say… the age of 24, know a completely different person from who I am now. But it’s funny, because they (even including family), treat me as though I was the 18 year old they once new. And those who have known me well, over the past 5 years, have a better idea of who I am now, and benefit much more from our experience together.

And this equation works for each new moment. Each second, I become brand new, where I have expanded into a realm of existence, which could either be progressive or regressive in nature.

Namaste.

Did you find genuine value within this post? If you did, then most likely you know someone else who will as well. I invite you to share the goodness!
Namaste -Tigmonk