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What does it mean to “go beyond self” in Buddhism? If we have no self, then how can we feel things like love and grief?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no “self” in Buddhism. Buddhism teaches that each being is part of a universal presence rather than an individual being. It can be very difficult for people, especially Westerners, to go beyond the self because we’re raised to believe that the self is all-important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn more about the “self”, Buddhism, and Radical Acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Finding Our True Nature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Radical Acceptance can help us finally see beyond the illusions and narratives that we build up around ourselves. <\/strong>There is no “self” in Buddhism. Buddhism teaches that each of us is part of a universal presence of awareness and love, rather than an individual entity. We\u2019re born from that universal presence, and we return to it when we die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radical Acceptance is the practice of welcoming each experience as it comes, and remaining unaffected\u2014however, it\u2019s also the first step toward recognizing that the reason we\u2019re unaffected is because there\u2019s no \u201cus\u201d to be <\/em>affected. We\u2019re beings of awareness and love\u2014not ego.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubting Our Goodness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There will be times when we doubt that we really have Buddha<\/a> nature\u2014times when we feel angry, judgmental, unfocused, or self-conscious. At times like these, it\u2019s helpful to remember the story of Siddhartha under the Bodhi tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mara, the god of delusion and hatred, was the final obstacle between Siddhartha and enlightenment. After all of Mara\u2019s frightening illusions and vicious attacks failed, his final challenge was a simple question: What gave Siddhartha the right to claim Buddhahood? Who was he to pursue enlightenment? In other words, Siddhartha\u2019s final challenge was overcoming doubt. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may recall that Siddhartha\u2019s response was to touch the earth and call upon it to bear witness to his many, many past lives of compassion and love. It wasn\u2019t Siddhartha himself that finally drove Mara away, but the universal awareness that Siddhartha was a part of. This part of the story is crucial to understanding both Buddhism and our own nature\u2014remember, in Buddhism there is no \u201cself.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as Siddhartha touched the ground to connect with that universal awareness, we can touch the ground by being completely present in the moment, by experiencing and accepting everything around and inside of us. This will help us to move beyond our illusions of \u201cself\u201d and reconnect with our Buddha nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going Beyond the Self<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We can bring this self-less awareness into our lives through Radical Acceptance and meditation<\/a>. Radical Acceptance will free us from the immediate pain of our negative emotions, but we may find that there\u2019s still a part of us whispering stories of unworthiness and doubt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At such times, we can ask who it is that\u2019s aware of these feelings, who\u2019s telling those stories. <\/strong>Is there still a \u201cself\u201d that we\u2019re trying to pull into, to protect? We can experience that \u201cself\u201d in various ways; even as we relax into meditation and Radical Acceptance, we may still view ourselves as \u201cone who\u2019s meditating\u201d or \u201cone who\u2019s observing myself.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Buddha said that holding onto any <\/em>sense of self, including the self who\u2019s observing oneself, blocks us from reaching true awareness. By repeatedly asking who it is that\u2019s aware, we can eventually find that it\u2019s nobody. <\/strong>Doing so may require cutting through many layers of delusion and repeatedly asking ourselves who <\/em>is feeling, who <\/em>is observing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This step may be especially difficult for those who grew up in Western countries, where the self is all-important. However, through long practice and meditation, we can turn our awareness inward and realize that there\u2019s no presence trying to control our experiences, no thoughts or desires\u2014there\u2019s only awareness itself, stretching both inward and outward without limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reaching this state requires letting go of all of our thoughts, emotions, desires, and stories. Those are all illusions that hide our truest, innermost self\u2014or, rather, our lack of self. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Beings of Emptiness and Love<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The clearest view of this universal, impersonal awareness and love might come when we\u2019re suffering grief.<\/strong> Simply put, our grief is the recognition that a life we cherished is gone, and that everything we love is temporary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if we meet that grief with Radical Acceptance, we can hold it with compassion and love. If we ask ourselves who it is that\u2019s suffering, we can see past the grieving self and connect to the universal source of awareness and love that we all came from. That source is deathless and unchanging. The one we\u2019ve lost is still part of it as surely as we ourselves are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The essence of Radical Acceptance is engaging with the world\u2014welcoming and loving each moment as it happens\u2014while also sitting comfortably with the formless, universal awareness from which life comes and to which it returns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be times when we suffer fear, doubt, or shame\u2014times when Mara appears, one might say. At those times, like the Buddha, we can touch the ground. We can take a pause, and bring Radical Acceptance to the present moment. In doing so, we\u2019ll remember that we are beings of love. Our desire to awaken our own compassion can guide us through Mara\u2019s illusions, no matter how frightening or all-consuming they might seem. However lost we become, we can always trust the universal, loving awareness that is our true nature\u2014our Buddha nature.<\/strong> That is the heart of Radical Acceptance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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