• You are not your thoughts; you are the one who can observe your thoughts.
• The mind is active – thinking, planning, judging, hoping, fearing, desiring, avoiding.
• When the mind is actively fearful, anxious, stressed, etc., that is not your true nature.
• Your true nature is Purusha, pure awareness. [per Ayurvedic school of thought. Christianity sees our true nature as love. To get in touch with our God-given love, Christians cultivate the practice of the presence of God.]
• In order to experience pure awareness, you must learn to observe and calm the mind.
• Once the mind is calm, you experience peace, not stress, in your life.

Quote excerpted from “Ayurveda Made Easy” by Heidi E Spear.