i really enjoy that c.s. lewis bit, i think that would account for a lot of the confusions in our world, but it's also sort of fun.
i think, yeha, it's sort of like the thing about our eyes. like when i meditate and i try to sense what my right foot is feeling, i realize i often am subtly "looking" towards my foot from my eyes/head, even if my eyes are closed! so a really good first step to realizing this "witness" that pervades all things would be to start personifying our extremities, feet hands elbows etc., and to start depersonifying our eyes, brains, faces etc. so that we have a balance of awareness. once we have de-centralized our sense of self, it becomes very enlightening to then ask... "well, where AM i? who and what am i?" and realize that this question is truly very mysterious... where are the senses i feel when i touch something cold exist? are then in my hands, or in my brain, or somewhere in between, or non-local?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 06:11 am (UTC)i think, yeha, it's sort of like the thing about our eyes. like when i meditate and i try to sense what my right foot is feeling, i realize i often am subtly "looking" towards my foot from my eyes/head, even if my eyes are closed! so a really good first step to realizing this "witness" that pervades all things would be to start personifying our extremities, feet hands elbows etc., and to start depersonifying our eyes, brains, faces etc. so that we have a balance of awareness. once we have de-centralized our sense of self, it becomes very enlightening to then ask... "well, where AM i? who and what am i?" and realize that this question is truly very mysterious... where are the senses i feel when i touch something cold exist? are then in my hands, or in my brain, or somewhere in between, or non-local?