That Which Shines in Thee...I am That

 Thou sun, who hast covered the Truth with the golden disc, do thou remove the veil, so that I may see the Truth that is within thee. I have known the  Truth that is within thee, I have known what is the real meaning of thy rays and the glory and have seen That which shines in thee, and That which is within thee is within me, and I am That"

Vivekananda's recitation of a phrase from the last chapter of Shukla Yajurveda: the Isha Upanishads 

Basically what this is expressing is a recogniton of a truth...the Truth- of who we are.

Alan Watts says it is the recognition that

 the small controlled version of yourself is preventing your larger, more authentic Self from emerging.

We spend so much of our lives thinking we are something we are not and putting great struggle and effort into maintaining that image...that small controlled version...that we end up resisting what Life is here to show us or teach us. We fail to experience Who we are and why we are here.

Vivekananda also tells us:

They grope in darkness who worship this  ignorant world that is produced out of ignorance, thinking of it as Existence, and those who live their whole lives in this world, and never find anything better or higher, are groping in still greater darkness.

When we start to relax into the flow of Life...accept it, be present for, experience it and be curious about it ...rather than struggling in this false idea that we are here to control it (when obviously we cannot), things change. We begin to see Who we truly are.

This intelligence that you are partenering with [when you surrender to Life] isn't foreign to you. It's not some external diety pulling strings from above. It's teh same awareness taht's reading these words right now, the same presence that has been looking out through your eyes your entire life, only now It recognizes ItSelf. You begin to sense the seamless continuity between your inner awareness and the awareness that seems to permeate everything...begin dancing who you actually are. Watts

And as Vivekananda also says, 

But he who knows the secret of nature, seeing That which is beyond nature through teh help of nature, he crosses death, and through teh help of That which is beyond nature, he enjoys Eternal Bliss.

All is well.

Alan Watts & Wisdom (September, 2025) The More You Learn to Let Go, The More Life Gives You.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMEpBMwl6Zg

Vivekananda (n.d.) 2.57 Jnana Yoga. The Complete Works of Vivekananda. Kindle Edition