Who Are We?
Exploring the question of who we are
Spiritual Living Podcast Archive · Mandy Trapp
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Show Notes
In today's talk, lifestyle meditation teacher Mandy Trapp seeks to answer the question, "Who are we?"
Drawing from the teachings of Adi Shankara, an 8th Century teacher in India, Mandy presents his "Layers of Life" as a way of knowing ourselves in a different way. The Layers of Life represent us as three bodies, each composed of three parts. The three bodies are the Physical Body, the Subtle Body, and the Causal Body.
- The Physical Body (environment, body, energy)
- The Subtle Body (mind, intellect, ego)
- The Causal Body (personal soul, collective soul, universal)
Why did we come here? Why did our soul choose to come as us? We came to re-member---to create and have experiences, and to remember Who we belong to.
Ultimately, we only have two desires at the soul level: to be happy and to be free.