How To Be Yourself

For a limited time, I'm giving away my Book Being Aware of Your True Being—FREE. Click this link to get the book If you like this episode, please share with your friends and anyone you think would love it. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Excerpt of the Podcast: John Kremer: “A little later in your diary, you actually talk about... You ask yourself the question, how do I wrestle myself out of the grip of thinking? And you say, "There's something available in the process of letting be that lets me wrestle out of the thought and land in a place of being." Louis Koster: “Yes.” John Kremer: “And then you added a really nice sort of sentence. You said, "I am determined to identify this process." And I think at least at this point in your diary, you were still working on identifying that process.” “Have you now identified it?” Louis Koster: “I think I've got more of an understanding of the dynamic of this process of allowing, or what arises in my consciousness, leading to a place where I have a sense that I am in touch with my true being, that where I can be myself. That is to say, I'm starting to see the paradox that the thinking is creating when I bring unassumed attention to the thinking.” “I now see the paradox of it, at the same time the deceptive nature of the thinking that... So more or less, it tells me that something needs to be solved, or something needs to be given attention to; when it poses me with a problem or when it's just a compelling thought, or there's a thought that creates a sense of urgency, I'm talking about these kind of thoughts, often thoughts that we wake up with in the morning.” “To realise that, in fact, my engagement to respond to the siren song of the mind, of the thinking, that that actually keeps me more stuck into it like it is actually... It's part of the entrapment of the mind. Where true salvation is found is in mustering the courage to just let it be, and to experience exactly what arises in the moment that it arises as it is, which then has attention that is divided by the arising of the thinking. Then return to a place where it is undivided. I'm just there, and I returned to a place of awareness of being, which is what this is all about. This conversation is all about, is how to be yourself.” John Kremer: “You have an interesting way of saying it. At one point in your diary, you say, "I am bringing the mind to the court of awareness." Louis Koster: “Yes.” John Kremer: “I'm exposing the mind to the light of awareness. I have been conned by the mind all of my life, treating what it dishes out in my consciousness as my reality. But now you're exposing the mind to the light of awareness, which I presume by that you're meaning the light of your true being.” “I think it's kind of fun to think of it as you're bringing the mind to the court of awareness because it's sort of like you're going, "You've been a bad boy. I'm going to have you judged." Louis Koster: “Absolutely.” John Kremer: “But it's an academic judgement of what we think of as judgement.” Louis Koster: “Absolutely. There's a level of pissed-offness in me, like how... Well, actually, I’ve been conned by the mind. Wasted parts of my life being engaged in things that I thought... by lack of awareness, so to speak, that they were important, that I had to take action on. And the thinking at times can be very compelling. And so, to be able to see through that is, well, that is a gift. That is a gift of life. That is where there is the possibility of being yourself. That is what I'm speaking to here.” For more information, check out louiskoster.com/talkingdiaries and subscribe to The Talking Diaries YouTube channel. Dr Louis Koster, distinguished humanitarian, poet, bestselling author served for over ten years as a medical doctor for “Doctors Without Borders” and other humanitarian organizations in trouble spots across the globe. For his humanitarian efforts, Dr. Koster has received numerous awards and has appeared on radio, television, and news shows. And one last thing: What questions do you have about this podcast? Just reply to this email or write a comment to let me know. With love, Louis For more information visit https://www.louiskoster.com/talkingdiaries Talking Diaries on Apple PodCast http://www.louiskoster.com/ https://louiskoster-espanol.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@louiskoster https://www.instagram.com/drlouiskoster_english/ (English) https://www.instagram.com/drlouiskoster_espanol/ (Espanol) https://louiskoster.com/quiz https://dr-louis-koster.myshopify.com/ #louiskoster #awakening #inspiration #consciousness #talkingdiaries Thanks for reading Talking Diaries! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drlouiskoster.substack.com