What is your Deep Inner Person?

There is a ‘you’ that resides beneath all layers of thought, structure, proper behaviour and rationality — it is your essence, your ‘no frills’ self, your deep inner person.

It is a mind being that knows you and knows itself in relation to you, while knowing that it is you. It is the source of your integrity and a thread that holds together your core and most intimate memories, experiences and the feelings associated with them. It gives you your sense of self.

The only downside is that it is deep. It does not always voice itself directly or obviously, it tries to express itself through the translucent layers above it and sometimes gets lost or muddled up along the way. It seeks your strongest focus and steadfast compassion, to be able to talk to you the way it wants to.

In our modern age, where attention needs to be given away freely and constantly to myriad little things that affect our life, the skinny little thread that connects you to that deeper you gets severed temporarily. Soon enough, things become hazy, life thrusts forward carried by the inertia of the mundane and the mind feels listless and stormy.

But take some attentive focus and search enough with a compassionate eye, another silken thread can connect you to your depth. The deep inner person is calm and still, but not captive to melancholy or resignation. It might not necessarily be an ocean of ‘wisdom’ or ‘art’, but it sure does feel so good to get in touch with. It doesn’t care about judgment, it needs nothing more than your attention and it may be more than content just to stay with you in silence. It doesn’t need approval. It is your guide and companion.

Do things that allow it to come alive, even if momentarily. And in those moments, don’t distract yourself from it. Allow it to give you the beginning steps. Allow it to originate flow. Take a few moments of calm during the day to let the deeper you take over for a while and stay with it. Once you are finished, only then engage your rational, judging, proper mind to give the finishing touches to whatever you are involved in.

Decisions and actions originating from the deep inner person can never be wrong. The ‘deeper you’ is fully surrendered and is willing to look at all possible aspects. It is patient and feels no hurry to react. It is and always will be, your most reliable ally.