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I am. That’s the realization I had at this very moment. 
 
I just am. It’s really that simple. 
 
We had been hiking on this trail for a couple hours before reaching to this point where you see Mt. Rainier in all its glory. 
 
It’s not often I have deep realization like this but whenever I do it’s most definitely always somewhere in nature like this. I mean… how epic does Mt. Rainier look up close like this? I can still feel the cold from the 15,000 year old glaciers capping this volcano. 
 
I swear these places will make you feel the most without saying a single word. 
 
The loudest silence you’ll ever encounter. 
 
It’s moving. It could move mountains. It literally does. 
 
And isn’t that just so incredible?
 
Being able to connect to the now in moments and places like this will hold the most special place in my being. It is me to my core. Strip away all my life conditions, preferences, narratives, identities and ideas and this is all that’s left. 
 
Pure consciousness. 
Just being. And so I am. 
 
Throughout our life our brain builds these narratives and ideas in order guide us and give us a sense of identity. But why wouldn’t it? That’s literally its job. 
 
And I’m not saying it’s not helpful cause obv we need our brain and minds but it can also be harmful at times too. It tries to protect us and guide us through these narratives it builds up throughout the years but I’ve noticed the farther away I steer from all of that, the closer I feel to my actual self.
 
So if there’s one thing that’s certain is this life is that I just am. 
 
Being this close to the summit of Mt. Rainier will make you instantly zone out and just start wondering around aimlessly because how perfect? No man could ever make such creation. 
 
The sense of freedom I get in places like this could make me cry. 
 
It’s these “I am” moments that I feel the most clarity, presence and awareness.
I can truly connect to the moment. The now.
It’s like I can actually focus on just being, freely existing without any of these narratives distorting my reality. 
 
Just be present here and now. 
Just be present here. 
Just be present. 
Just be. 
 
I am.