You are prior to words and feelings. There is nothing to do except be with this moment now, fully experiencing what is. There is nothing to protect, there is no way to control now, there is just this now happening as it is. All states and conditions in this now pass as clouds pass in the sky, stay with them, observe them for what they are, witness them. They have come to show you who and what you really are. We have been taught to believe that we are our thoughts, that we are our feelings, that we are a body. We have all been indoctrinated with concepts about who we are and what is real. This indoctrinated identity, passed from one generation to the next, is the dream. 

Thinking happens, feelings happen, there is a body, but what is identified with this body mind?

What is the origin of this identity?

We are not separate from this moment. The mind is creating it and interpreting it, the body is experiencing it. This moment, right now is a body, with a mind manifesting in consciousness, experiencing and defining itself as a body with a mind. Who are we, what are we, when we begin to witness this body mind identification?

Honor all of it and experience the dance but it is good to remember who thinks? what feels?

Be like the sky, clear, spacious, open. Experience the thoughts and feelings like clouds passing by. What we want, what we don't want, it all passes. It's not personal. Be with the feelings of getting what you want, be with the feelings of not getting what you want. Notice there is no control over this getting and not getting. Experience the illusion of control.

There is only this left to question? What is your identity, where did it come from and what is your conviction about what you are?