Who Are You Beneath Your Identities? | Meditation & Inquiry on Identity

Meditation & Inquiry session on Identity. Amma Thanasanti discusses Who are you beneath the identities you've accumulated over a lifetime? We all carry identities. Parent. Teacher. Partner. Activist. Survivor. Healer. Professional. Some of these identities help us belong. Some help us survive. Some quietly become prisons we no longer recognize. In this Meditation & Inquiry session, we explore identity through two complementary lenses: developmental psychology and contemplative practice. Developmental psychology helps us understand how a healthy sense of self develops. Contemplative practice asks a different question: What is the nature of the self that develops? Rather than seeing these as competing perspectives, this session explores how they illuminate different dimensions of the same unfolding toward greater freedom. Through guided meditation, reflection, and inquiry, we investigate: • Why identity is necessary for healthy development. • How identities can both protect and limit us. • The relationship between attachment, meditation, and freedom. • What remains when we hold our identities a little more lightly. This is not an invitation to abandon who you are. It is an invitation to discover that you may be far more than any single story you tell about yourself. 🌿 Meditation & Inquiry is a weekly series exploring the intersection of meditation, attachment theory, developmental psychology, and awakening. Learn more about Awakening Truth 🌐 https://awakeningtruth.org Integrated Meditation Program (IMP) A six-month immersion integrating meditation, attachment theory, metacognition, relational inquiry, and Ideal Parent Figure practice. https://awakeningtruth.org/integrated... Register for the next Meditation & INquiry session Classes https://awakeningtruth.org/classes/ #meditation #identity #SelfDiscovery #ContemplativePsychology #attachmenttheory #buddhism #awakening #TraumaHealing #Inquiry #PersonalGrowth #ContemplativePractice