I’m writing this after joining a global live meditation with my spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle — a moment of deep stillness that I didn’t know I needed. We explored the spiritual, vertical dimension, a space that lifts us out of the hectic, horizontal world we move through every day. Lately, that horizontal busyness has been pulling me away from presence and back into old patterns of overthinking, so this pause felt like a homecoming.
I’ve also been sitting with the question of identity — who I am now, and who I’m becoming. I’m no longer who I used to be, yet I’m not quite the future version of myself either. It’s the in-between space, the threshold. So it felt divinely timed that Eckhart spoke about identity and reminded us that our true identity isn’t our roles, achievements, or stories. It’s the quiet sense of Being. The simple, spacious “I am.”
Most of us, myself included, often define ourselves through the content of the mind: our thoughts, our past, our labels. We call it “my life.” For me, this conflict shows up most in my work and career. But Eckhart invited us into a different question — one that bypasses all mental narratives:
What does it feel like to be you… without referring to thoughts, memories, or the past?
Who am I, truly?
The answer isn’t found in the mind. It emerges from consciousness itself, from the felt realization of our connectedness with God, Source, the Divine. From that place, identity becomes spacious rather than restrictive. It frees us from losing ourselves in the world, in the mind, in the illusion of who we think we must be. And in that freedom, we touch a peace that doesn’t depend on circumstances — whether life is silent or loud.
To truly realise one’s identity, we return again and again to Being. Yet life also calls us to act, create, and participate. The real art is balancing being and doing — and the way to do that is by continuously noticing your state of consciousness.
Eckhart ended the meditation with two simple reminders that landed deeply for me:
“Be the peace you want to see in this world.”
“Don’t underestimate the state of your consciousness.”
As I step into my next chapter, these words feel like anchors. I feel more grounded, more open, and more at peace with where life is leading me — trusting that awareness itself will shape the path ahead.