That Which I AM, or twia

Many like us have walked this path before and found it to be a journey without distance. The journey is in remembering what we are, which is a journey of re-discovery. In the banner quote above, Nisargadatta says:

I am not my body, nor do I need it. I am the witness only.

If I am not my body, then what am I?

I am that which I am, or twia.

I coined twia to reflect our eternal reality in oneness. It is not an entity like the body, although it is perceived within the body as the inner self. Twia is whole, complete, perfect, and eternal. It is beyond the mechanics of the body because it has no form. It cannot be verified by observation and measurement like an object. Instead, twia is known by emptying the mind of thought and dwelling in the still silence of heart, often through meditation. I know that I am more than my body from contemplation and revelations after years of study in psychology, religion, and spirituality. I have no religious or spiritual preference, but I feel grounded in knowing what I am. Twia is an inner feeling of peace that rests in my heart. It is like a warm light flooding the room that is my inner self. But in struggling earlier with my worldly aspirations, I had forgotten this room within until reminded by spiritual teachings and my contemplation on their message. My life has been Darrell’s search for Self in my struggle to find fulfillment. My parents were good, honest people who worked hard after WWII to raise my younger brother and I in a loving, supportive home. We attended a neighborhood Presbyterian Church and I was active in Presbyterianism off and on in later years. My mother also introduced me to Unity and its mission of Christian spirituality. Looking back, I realize now that she was restless in her beliefs, too. In the end, psychology taught me that people are born better than portrayed by the fall of Adam, Christianity revealed its anachronistic self, and spirituality put me on the road to remembering the room within. Now I am emptying my inner room of its worldly clutter to make way for twia.