{"id":103311,"date":"2023-04-03T03:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=103311"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:02:55","slug":"discovering-your-true-identity","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/discovering-your-true-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Your True Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243; el_class=&#8221;head-post&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Discovering Your True Identity<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>By Tergar Meditation Community \u2022 4 min read[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;sharepost&#8221;]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/discovering-your-true-identity\/\" id=\"post-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>SHARE:\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer?u=https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/discovering-your-true-identity\/&t=Discovering Your True Identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Discovering Your True Identity&url=https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/discovering-your-true-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"copy-to-clipboard\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"top\" title=\"Link copied to clipboard!\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;JOIN FREE WEBINAR&#8221; style=&#8221;outline&#8221; color=&#8221;peacoc&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; el_class=&#8221;btn-post&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.tergar.org%2Fevents%2Fdetail%2Fthe-power-of-imagination-for-awakening-MTE3||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Original purity<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Your true nature is perfect. When you hear that, your first thought might be something along the lines of, \u201cSurely you jest.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s a normal response, but in all seriousness, the key to meditation is to realize <a href=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/meditation-in-everyday-life\/meditation-and-the-true-self\/\">your innate qualities<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103312&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652429221287{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103313&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652889957441{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;visible-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Basic goodness is 24\/7<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not that in meditation you\u2019re transforming something into something new. No, what you\u2019re doing is discovering yourself. Within you is an infinity of possibilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/how-to-meditate\/meditation-for-awareness\/\">Awareness<\/a>, love, and compassion, which are with you in every moment, are aspects of basic goodness. They are\u00a0 qualities of our fundamental nature.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652889837818{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1656925128610{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>We can\u2019t get no satisfaction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Sanskrit word for suffering is <i>dukkha<\/i>, or \u201cdissatisfaction.\u201d We are never satisfied; we always want more. Worse, no matter how much we get, on a deeper level there\u2019s always a nagging sense of being incomplete: we are a bit insecure, a little lonely, longing for something we can\u2019t exactly name. This is what is meant by <i>dukkha<\/i>. This feeling can manifest in various ways, like sorrow, <a href=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/how-to-meditate\/meditating-with-pain\/\">pain<\/a>, discomfort, <a href=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/how-to-meditate\/living-with-panic-attacks\/\">panic<\/a>, depression, stress, hatred, desire, or ignorance. Such manifestations are traditionally referred to as \u201cobscurations,\u201d because they obscure our basic goodness, our inner light.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=&#8221;bk-qoute-full&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe more we recognize awareness, the more access we have to our own loving qualities. Loving-kindness and compassion are the natural expressions of awareness because genuine expressions of an open heart transcend conceptual ideas and attitudes, and exist beyond duality, beyond words and logic.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;autorquotepost&#8221;]\u2013 Mingyur Rinpoche \u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652889753404{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Shine on<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>So our wonderful innate qualities are always pure, yet obscured. The traditional example is a diamond that\u2019s covered in mud. No matter how filthy it might be, the diamond is not itself the mud. We\u2019re all lost in the \u201cmud,\u201d and confused by it . . . but mud is not our true nature.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652889764360{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652429807825{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>The road home<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>On the fundamental level, we know this, which is why we have that homesick, incomplete feeling. What we\u2019re really yearning for is to be free from <i>dukkha<\/i>. The heart knows that the self is, in fact, complete, but the mind hasn\u2019t caught on yet. All your mind knows is that you want to feel better and you don\u2019t want to suffer. Here\u2019s the amazing thing: this wish to be happy is love, and this wish to be free from suffering is compassion. So when you are aware of those desires, you are connecting to your essential love and compassion. In other words, you\u2019ve been home all along.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=&#8221;bk-cielo-post&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;free-text-blog&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">The Power of Visualization for Awakening<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;free-text-blog&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1654499805892{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Free Online Talk, July 23.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;free-text-blog&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1654499821745{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mingyur Rinpoche will introduce practices of the imagination that can help us unlock our fundamental goodness.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-link-landing btn-mb20&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/events.tergar.org\/events\/detail\/the-power-of-imagination-for-awakening-MTE3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEARN MORE <\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103979&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; 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