Who Am I?
‘Suppose a wave appearing in the ocean asks herself, “Who am I?” If the wave has some time to get in touch with herself, she will find out that she is the ocean. She is a wave, but at the same time, she is the ocean. And not only is she this wave but she is the other waves also. So, she sees the connectedness, the interbeing nature between her and the other waves, and she no longer discriminates between self and not-self. It’s very important that the wave realizes she has a wave body, but she also has her ocean body. When the wave recognizes her ocean body, she loses all kinds of fear and discrimination.’
Thich Nhat Hanh