So how then does any of this apply to my feelings of worthlessness, despair and/or general grumpiness? When I find myself in one of these states of mind, I simply say (to that state of mind, or the voices expressing it): Netti, Netti, Tat Tsvam Asi! ~ “Not this, Not this, I am That” … Which is to say: I am not this negative-ego patterning that is currently manifesting as these yucky states of mind, but rather: I am Divine!

And ~ at a deeper level ~ this is saying also to those very states of mind: you can’t fool me … I can see that even though you’re currently manifesting as this rather disagreeable form, that in your essence you too are Brahman, you too are Buddha, you too are Divine! (It’s like suddenly recognizing your friend, beneath a scary costume, and saying to him/her: I know now who you are, so you can no longer scare me!)

It’s a simple, yet extremely powerful, affirmation: An act of power which almost always creates “space” around/within those negative emotional or mental patterns … a space in which I can remember who I Am, really … a wonderful technique to have in my (and now your) spiritual toolbox …

Netti, Netti … Tat Tsvam Asi!