The One Who Sees (Theme of the Week from IF)
In self-agency we find the true meaning of “to be centered.” In becoming the one who occupies our central core, we become our “I,” the hub from which all our intentional actions emanate, the witness of all our actually-perceived sensory impressions, the one who is present in presence, and the one who is part of the Source of all.
One of the easier ways to understand and experience this “I” is to be the one who sees with our eyes. When you see, is there someone in you who is the seer? Or is the seeing just happening on its own, like a video camera connected to a television, with no one watching.
When you see a scene or an object, ask yourself who is seeing it. Are you taking in the sight, or is it just passing you by? Enter the seeing so that you can answer with confidence “I am seeing this.” Be the one who sees, the one who watches.
That seer, that watcher is you, the agent of your life. Though the watcher often remains absent, rousing yourself to see brings your will, the inner you into the situation. You live your life, rather than passively being lived. The one who sees is the same one who perceives all that your various senses bring you, that is if they are perceived.
For this week, practice seeing what you see, being the one who sees the images your eyes and brain offer.
One of the easier ways to understand and experience this “I” is to be the one who sees with our eyes. When you see, is there someone in you who is the seer? Or is the seeing just happening on its own, like a video camera connected to a television, with no one watching.
When you see a scene or an object, ask yourself who is seeing it. Are you taking in the sight, or is it just passing you by? Enter the seeing so that you can answer with confidence “I am seeing this.” Be the one who sees, the one who watches.
That seer, that watcher is you, the agent of your life. Though the watcher often remains absent, rousing yourself to see brings your will, the inner you into the situation. You live your life, rather than passively being lived. The one who sees is the same one who perceives all that your various senses bring you, that is if they are perceived.
For this week, practice seeing what you see, being the one who sees the images your eyes and brain offer.
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Permalink Reply by Lily on -
Can you really defeat your personality, which is supposedly essential for one's survival, to be able to awake the watcher more often?
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Permalink Reply by Yevgeniy on -
Well, true, personality is essential for your survival, however "defeating" i don't think means destroying. A simple example would be give up having a drink when you really want it - like your boss yelled at you at work and you have that particular urge to go and drown it, but instead use your emotional reaction to awake the watcher. Use it as a reminding factor. That way you defeat a particular part of your personality without really disturbing any balance, going crazy, etc. etc. I think it would also help to be compassionate to yourself - to that part of your personality that wants that drink.
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Permalink Reply by Lily on
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It takes more energy to awake the watcher -- where would this energy and drive come from if you already ran out of it? To me this is the most difficult part.
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Permalink Reply by Yevgeniy on
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If you have that intention, the energy will come, the moment will come when you will have it at your disposal. What we usually don't notice and easily forget that we pass up 99% of oppotunities to be awake. And that written above still holds - you can transform your habits into opportunities for watching yourself. Every habit has energy, it is like a bunch of canals into which most if not all of your energy flows. So, when you deny yourself one of your bad habits you do get a tremendous amount of energy - you just do it once and watch yourself and your energy level afterwards. You need an amount of will which is much less than that which lets you run 5 miles at 8 am on Sunday morning. However we also have a very smart mechanism that keeps us asleep throwing all kinds of arguments that seem very logical. Like if you would really run out of energy - there would be no energy left for writing. And also, when you do see that is indeed so, you don't start blaming yourself for not noticing in the first place, that might be worse than not seeing it at all, you just let yourself be - it is OK, it is just how we are, neither good nor bad. We do have a marvelous chance to see it and by seeing and not reacting it slowly goes away.
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