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they are some deity to be worshipped. Daydreaming is literally projecting our awareness into a dream. This is no different from what we do when we’re sleeping in bed. Above all of this, we create a dream about ourselves and who we think we are, but what happens when one thinks they know who they are? Well, then they never question it; they never ask the question, “Who am I?”. Yet this is a profound question that should never leave anyone’s curiosity. Such a question serves profound purpose in our lives and it is frankly a tragedy for any individual to not wonder about such things throughout their existence. You might ask, "But who am I if not what I think about myself?"… is it so difficult to accept that you do not know who you are and that there is personal power to be found in accepting the mysteries of life? The mind always seeks to hungrily know things and is scared of not knowing. Thus, it puts ideas and labels in boxes simply to make us feel comfortable. When we have the courage to drop the ideas and endless identifications about ourselves, only then does the reality about ourselves start to emerge. "I have no routines or personal history. One day I found out that they were no longer necessary for me and, like drinking, I dropped them. One must have the desire to drop them and then one must proceed harmoniously to chop them off, little by little. If you have no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with your acts. And above all, no one pins you down with their thoughts. It is best to erase all personal history because that makes us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people. I have, little by little, created a fog around me and my life. And now nobody knows for sure who I am or what I do. Not even I. How can I know who I am, when I am all this?" - Don Juan Matus (Carlos Castaneda)