I Am

My life and the world around me is full of pain, chaos, uncertainty and transience, yet I feel joy and peace.  This condition has puzzled me and I have wondered how I could be so acutely aware of each.  I have come to realize that I am aware of the pain and chaos, but detached from them, and I have no desire to make it otherwise, they are simply what is.  I am at peace with life because I identify closely with the eternal, unborn “I am”.  I found that part of me by detaching from all of the pain and chaos around me and identifying with the love I found in the eternal, through the process of meditation.