When our nature notices itself, there is a sense that any and all content of experience – including this human self with its thoughts, feelings, experiences, words, and actions – is happening on its own. It’s all living its own life.
That’s how it always is, whether we notice or not.
When the mind identifies with the viewpoint of thoughts, it creates a sense of I and Other, and of being and doing whatever this human self is and is doing.
And when our nature notices itself, there is more of a release of this identification and it’s all revealed as living its own life. As it always and already does.
For me, this shift initially happened in my mid-teens so what it reveals is familiar to me. It’s the water I have swimmed in for a long time. And a part of me is still slightly unnerved when I bring attention to this human self happening on its own. Somewhere in me, there is still a part that assumes that there needs to be identified with or as a doer for things to happen, even if all the evidence shows the contrary.
INITIAL DRAFT
HAPPENING ON ITS OWN
This is something that’s very familiar to me so I don’t notice it so much, but it came up in a conversation just now.
When what we are notices itself, there is a sense that any and all content of experience – including this human self with its thoughts, feelings, experiences, words, and actions – is happening on its own. It’s all living its own life.
That’s how it always is. When the mind identifies with the viewpoint of thoughts, it creates a sense of I and Other, and of being and doing whatever this human self is and is doing. And when our nature notices itself, there is more of a release of this identification and it’s all revealed as living its own life. As it always and already does.
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SECOND DRAFT
When what we are notices itself, there is a sense that any and all content of experience – including this human self with its thoughts, feelings, experiences, words, and actions – is happening on its own. It’s all living its own life.
That’s how it always is. When the mind identifies with the viewpoint of thoughts, it creates a sense of I and Other, and of being and doing whatever this human self is and is doing. And when our nature notices itself, there is more of a release of this identification and it’s all revealed as living its own life. As it always and already does.
For me, this shift initially happened in my mid-teens so what it reveals is familiar to me. And a part of me is still slightly unnerved when I bring attention to this human self happening on its own. Somewhere in me, there is still a part that assumes that there needs to be identified with or as a doer for things to happen, even if all the evidence shows the contrary.
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DRAFT FRAGMENTS
For me, this shift initially happened in my mid-teens, so it’s very familiar to me. And it’s still slightly unnerving weird disconcerting when I bring attention on it. There is still a part of me that assumes that there needs to be identified with or as this human self and a doer for things to happen, even if all the evidence shows the contrary.