In Chapter 1 Michael Singer discusses that "Who you are" is the one who hears the voice in the head, not the one who is in there talking. That realization makes so much sense to me. That voice in the head is always talking because it is looking for some peace. In order to find some peace it has to change what it is saying, and make judgements (sometimes rash judgments). The voice is erratic and very annoying because it is always talking, always trying to figure 'it' out.
Michael says that the only way to free yourself from the voice is to "just notice it...Stop feeling that one thing it says is you and the other thing it says is not you." (T.U.S., p. 9) Remember, none of it is you. You are the Listener of the voice, the Observer, the Witness. Period. No matter what the mind says, it is not you. How can what it says be you, when what it says is always changing? Yet we are soooooo hooked into what the mind says. We take it what it says seriously and then make decisions based on what it says.
I think that this point is so important. It is the groundwork for the whole process of transformation. As long as we think that we are this voice we will not be able to move beyond it. Take a moment and let this soak in.
I find great freedom in realizing that I no longer have to try and make this voice of mine cooperate or have my mind figure everything out so that I can be happy. The voice in the head is not the answer. (I have heard Michael Singer say on a CD that all problems stem from the mind, not that the mind is the way to fix all problems.)
Some questions to ponder:
Do you think that you are your thoughts?
If yes, then who are you when your thoughts change? Are you a different person?
If no, then ponder this: "Who are you?"
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