Who am I? It’s a question we all ask ourselves every now and then. Trying to answer this, even on the ordinary level, isn’t just intellectually interesting, but it can help us become more self-aware and improve our relationships with others.
From the Buddhist perspective, there’s a specific, systematic way of asking this question of who you are in the form of a meditation on the ultimate nature of the self. This meditation is said to be the strongest antidote to our disturbing states of mind.