By: Charlotte Selver
Is there watching and wishing…as opposed to simply being present and surprised by what sensations simply come and are there? The art is not to watch it or to try to feel it but just to be there in it.
Most of us are still under the influence of an education in which we were constantly watched, and watching, and judging was constantly asked from us. It was asked by our parents, and it was asked by our teachers, but they didn’t understand what the organism actually is. We have very much more endowment for being aware, for being alert, than most people realize. I must admit that it is not easy to know the difference between letting something be conscious and watching it. And it doesn’t come by trying to get it. It will only come if we are hungry for it. We don’t need to watch; we simply could be awake. The moment we watch ourselves, we split ourselves in two.