Who is doing the observing? There is no answer, and the more confused you get, the closer you probably are.

About 13 minutes with Steven Webb's calm voice.

We watch the breath in real detail. The start of it, the speeding up, the pause where it changes direction. Then I ask who is watching, and you go looking, and there is nobody there to find. From that place there is no wanting, no pushing and no fear. Everything else comes out of it, which means you are not stuck being who you have always been.

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Just while you're making yourself comfortable and getting settled in, I just want to tell you about another podcast I

have. It's called Stillness in the Storms Podcast.

And it's a podcast that helps you to get a little inner peace when you need it most and you

probably have it least.

And it's just... Seeing life from a different perspective. And I'm also choosing not to have any

sponsors for either of these podcasts. So if you would like to treat me to a coffee, you can head

over to StevenWebb.uk or if you'd like to download the five simple practices for inner peace, also head

over to StevenWebb.uk. You are awesome. Settle in and enjoy the meditation. I won't disturb you

after the meditation.

Discover the infinite possibilities of your true self meditation. This meditation will help you to find

some clarity between your awareness and your ego. By bringing clarity to the difference it will enable you to become

less attached to your ego, the desires and aversions, the suffering and enjoy being more of what you want to

be as opposed to what you become accustomed to thinking you are.

First we'll sit back and relax and become grounded. Then, when we become still open and curious, I will ask

you a few questions. This will help you to see and discover your true self. The awareness beyond this um

false self, really. It will seem a little confusing, certainly at first. And there won't be any clear answers.

And the more confused you are means you're probably closer to the realisation of the true self than

you really realise. So let's begin. Let's become comfortable. You can choose to

close your eyes or soften your focus to a few feet in front of you

and just become aware of a sense of where you are in

the upper part of your mind, in the area just behind your eyes.

And as you soften this sense of self, imagine it moving down through your body, going down through

your mind, down through your neck, and finally resting in your spiritual centre. It's probably around

your chest and your heart area. It may be a little lower.

And from this sense of awareness, just observe your breathing.

Don't do anything with your breath. Just become aware of all the individual parts of each breath.

Notice the start of the breath. Just after you started, it speeds up and then slows down. And then it

pauses and changes direction. And then speeds up again and then slows down. And pauses again.

And your breath seems to repeat again and again. But really, every single breath is slightly minutely different.

Just watching for those real minute differences in each breath.

Just observing.

You may notice the air going into your nose. You may feel it in the back of your mouth or

your throat somewhere. You

may notice the chest rising slightly and your diaphragm moves, pulling the air into your lungs.

And on the out breath, the opposite happens. But instead of something you do, it is more something your body

just allows to happen.

As you breathe in, something the body has to do. And as you breathe out is something the body just

allows to relax and happen.

And as we sit observing the breath for the next couple of minutes, breathing in calm, breathing out relaxed.

If you notice your mind's wandering, if it goes into story or thought you know just smile and thank you

for the thought and bring it back to your breath you know This is what the mind does. This is

what it evolved to do. It's important that we don't get frustrated or hung up on the mind getting

distracted. Just allow the mind to do what it does and bring it and bring your awareness back to your

breath.

Breathing in calm, breathing out relax

And now get a sense that you're watching your breath. Observing not has been part of the breath but simply

you're aware watching your breath like a silent observer of your breath.

Who is doing the observing?

Who is the one aware?

Who are you at this depth of awareness?

Who is aware of the breath?

It might seem confusing and there's really no real answer here

might feel like you're looking for an answer and nothing's there.

That's perfect. That's exactly the answer. There is really not knowing you You cannot know who

the observer is, who the awareness is. Because

you are this awareness.

From this depth, from this pure awareness, there is just awareness.

There's nowhere else for you to go. You're just watching.

You may notice there's no desires or wanting. There's no pushing or grasping from this step

There's no feelings of emotions arising. There's no fear.

When you're just purely awareness, there's no desires, wanting, there's no pushing or grabbing. There's

no feelings of emotions arising. There's no fear.

Even when you ask the question, who am I at this step? There's just awareness.

And deep within us, deep within you, there's this pure awareness that

just observes and watches, untouched, completely calm. Like a stillness beyond the

normal stillness.

And it's from this place that everything arises.

It's from this place of pure awareness. That all the feelings, emotions and thoughts. Everything you

believe you are arises from this pure oneness. This pure awareness.

Sometimes we wonder where the thoughts come from or when the emotions arise. We wonder where they come from. They

come from this pure awareness.

With this understanding and separating this from all your stories and thoughts, feelings and opinions and

beliefs,

we often think we are those things. But really we are this pure awareness below all of that.

And those are things that just come up.

With this understanding you can choose which of those. Which parts of your opinions and beliefs and

feelings and emotions that you want to go with. That you want to show the world and how you want

to show up.

You're not limited by what you think you are. You're not limited by what you've always been. From your

habitable, normal reactions and responses. From this pure awareness. You can be whatever you want.

There's infinite possibilities.

The true self is pure awareness. It holds nothing. There is nothing there apart from

awareness. Yet it has every possibility. It is infinite possibilities of whom and

how and the person you want to be in any given moment. You are these infinite possibilities

in

each and every moment.

Bring your awareness back to your breath and just become aware of what you can hear in the room. Become

aware of your physical surroundings.

And I'm going to come back from five. And as we do so, become aware of everything in this moment,

including the physical surroundings in the room.

Five. Gently move your arms or Gently open your eyes. Three. Move your body a little

more of a little more energy to take a deep breath and breathe out of a big smile on your

face. And thank yourself for taking this little time out. And have gratitude for this moment and

your pure awareness that allowed you to be open and curious. And remember,

you are pure awareness.

And from that pure awareness there's infinite possibilities. And who are you going to show up as today? Namaste.