The Amazing Power of Observation

For decades I had a ‘monkey mind on steroids’ –
thoughts were constantly running, often repetitive 
and largely negative and guilt producing.
It was not a very enjoyable way to live, to say the least.

And even after the initial glimpse of Wholeness
that monkey mind on steroids kept going.  
The negative and repetitive nature of my thinking
did not slow down one bit for quite a while.

But even though all of that kept running – a few things did change.

I began to be aware of the running thoughts and
I began to be aware of my sense of Self when my attention was closed in on thoughts
and, most significantly, I began to be aware of my sense of Self
when my attention was open to simply observing the thoughts.

This was absolutely amazing!

Nothing had changed but everything had changed.

Awareness of thoughts running through rather than having attention hooked into them…
Awareness of the false sense of Self when attention is hooked into them …
And awareness of the true sense of Self when we are simply observing thoughts.

​We are The Sky:
The Sky observes clouds without confusing itself to be what it is observing