meditation

What AM I?  the essential first step on the path of Raja Yoga is to realise this --"What am I"  I see through  my eyes------I hear through my ears------I direct my body to move, and it moves---I observe the results of my actions----   I have awreness, my body does not. I AM NOT MY BODY!    I am not this face, these features, or this bodily name-----I can think and know----I am not made up of the matter which shapes my body------this body is not "me "----I feel detached from this body------and a feeling of stillness and silence comes over me----- I AM A SOUL   I now withdraw my attention, away from my physical organs---my open eyes are rested----my body sits there.           I focus my thought energy on myself, I-self ----I now feel light as the burden  of physical thought diminishes-----this energy powers the body to do actions.----I the soul observe the results of my actions----I am the rider ----my body is my chariot.   I am a concentrated spark of life energy -----radiating light, might and peace ----to the world.