Our Zen story for this week is The Prince Remembers. It creates the greatest picture in your mind of what the moment of awakening is like. When the prince suddenly remembers that he’s a prince all the years of forgetfulness fell off. He knew he was a prince.
This enlightened moment is what you’re looking for. In the Sufi tradition they like to call it remembering. It’s a word that doesn’t work in all contexts. But it can definitely be called remembering Who You Are.
I like the idea of the prince too, because we are all way more masterful of ourselves than we typically want to admit.