Jude: Who are you? Or what are you? Many meditative traditions emphasize self-inquiry, a practice exploring the nature of Self.  But my sense is that many are too soon to dismiss the Self as illusory, before they really get to know it.  There are a lot of great things about ourselves, or more accurately, our constellation of parts that make up our sense of self.  So maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss.  In this practice we will make a compassionate inquiry into our nature, our lives, and how we relate to the world, in hopes that it will lead greater inner harmony and a little more freedom.