#206 Finding Myself - Where Do I Fit?

This is the 2nd of a 3 part series called "Finding Myself" – The fundamentals of enlightenment.  

In the attempt to come to know who I really am (self-realization), it is necessary to answer three questions:  1) What is my essence?  2) What is my position? - meaning where do I fit in the big picture, and 3) What is my natural function?  

Since time immemorial people have struggled with material nature, seeking to dominate, own, and control the Earth and its resources.  We have similarly sought to control, dominate, and even own, others.   

While desiring to be in control, all people never-the-less experience how we tend to be controlled by our mind, with its infinite desires and wants, and even by our physical body, especially noticeable when it is sick or as it grows old.  

We desire freedom, to do whatever we want, whenever we want, and in many ways to be “number one”, to be supreme, but this is also a losing battle.   

We can experience harmony and peacefulness when we are able to realize our true position, or where we fit (as eternal spiritual beings) in the big picture.