Who is You?

Who are you? I am Narayan Rizal. But that is your name, is your name the real you? I guess not. Correct, what is in a name afterall, it is just a name. You are not your name, so who are you? Am I my body? Yes, you are your body, your face and your appearance distinguishes you from others, but is your body the real you? I don't think so. Correct. You are not your name neither your body, so who you really are? I guess I am my mind. Some great minds said that you are what you think you are and the mind thinks. So am I my mind? Let me think, hmmm my mind thinks many things that I don't want to think and feel and yet I end up thinking certain things I don't want to think or feel. I am not my mind. So who am I? My soul? My soul believes it is noble but me and my soul are not the same. I am not sure who I am. I am a particle in this whole universe, I am a soul seeking salvation, I am a mind loitering in search of contentment, I am an adult body destined to age, I am a student striving towards excellence. So who am I?

CONFUSED

Buddha the enlightened one has never said not to eat meat, so Buddhists all around the world eat flesh. Buddha also believed in the laws of 'cause and effect' (karma), originally preached by lord Krishna, Ironically Buddha's preaching starts with Ahimsa, meaning non-voilence. I am confused, help me answer these:

1. Is it Buddhist to eat flesh?
2. Did Buddha, who asked his followers to practise mindfullness leave the question of flesh eating to logically think to his followers? ( meaning killing is bad so is eating flesh, meat is, most of the time available after slaughtering). Or,
3.  Buddha himself found it irresistable to  meat? Remember he is known to have given up all his desires.  It is known that Buddha himself ate flesh,( the cause of his death was diarrhoea triggered by eating stale pork)   

Slow Down!

Everybody wants everything to be fast. Fast food, fast jobs, fast relationships, fast sex, faster cars, and faster internet connections, and the list goes on.. But last night when my mind was racing through the abyss of erratic thoughts, I appreciated how amazing it feels to slow down. It is soothing, it is free of fear and it is slow.

Slowing down gives you the time to appreciate the moment you are going through, and it creates some sort of mindfullness, peacefullness even in distress, a smile in both confusion and contentment.

So son, slow down!!

Finally the begining??