I have decided to stop being self-aware…. what I do is none of my business
– I’m baby on social media
Although this can seem like a joke, there is more to it. I’ll look at each of the two main parts of the quote.
What I do is none of my business
When we find ourselves as capacity for all content of experience – the world as it appears to us and everything to do with this human self – we also see that it all lives its own life. The world and this human self doesn’t need an additional layer of “I am this human”, “I am doing this”, “I chose to do that” to function. It already functions well independent of it.
In a very real sense, what I do is none of my business.
Of course, as a human being in the world, I am responsible for my actions and how I chose to relate to my thoughts, emotions, and circumstances.
And as capacity for all of it, I find that it’s all living its own life.
The two complement each other and are two sides of the same coin.
I have decided to stop being self-aware
Mindfulness with “shoulds” added to it can become tight and stressful.
Find a lighter touch. See how it is to notice that allowing and noticing is already here. It’s inherent in what we are. No great extra effort is needed.
This easy noticing is, in a sense, the end of trying to be self-aware. It’s just a noticing that it’s already here and inherent in what we are.
Getting to that easy noticing sometimes does involve some effort and struggle. At first, the apparently unnecessary effort and struggle may be just what’s needed.