Let me introduce myself

When we are asked to introduce ourselves, we typically respond with a list of particulars–where we live, what we do, who we live with, that sort of thing. Depending on the patience of the person we’re talking to, this list can go all the way down to our shoe size. Asked once who we he was, Eckhart Tolle replied, “Nobody in particular.” He wasn’t denying that he’d sobbed as his mother’s body was lowered into the ground, just that he wasn’t attached to any of his experiences. To his particulars.