Which Room
ARE YOU IN?
By Kevin Murphy
“Remember, happiness doesn't depend
on who you are or what you have, it
depends solely on what you think."
A
lthough the Buddha is often credited
with that quote, its origin doesn't really
matter. Few people would dispute its
message. So if most people would agree
that our thoughts determine how we feel, then why
are we not very good at monitoring our thoughts?
The analogy of The Three Rooms can help.
From The Three Rooms perspective, our thoughts
can only be in one of three places: they can be in
the past (the Past Room); the future, (the Future
Room); or the present (the Present Room); and
whichever room our thoughts are in determines
our experience of life in that moment.
Since our thoughts can move back-and-forth in the
linear concept of time, it is imperative that we
observe our thoughts. It is that act of observation
that separates our awareness from our thoughts so
we are no longer at the effect of them. This
awareness, or consciousness, is what all the
spiritual masters have urged us to connect with.
In order to access this Divine Consciousness, we
need to know where our thoughts are. That's why
the fundamental question that we need to ask
ourselves is "Where am I?" In other words, "Where
are my thoughts?" If you can ask and answer that
simple question, then you have already separated
your awareness from your thoughts. Unlike the
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