You can be aware of the thought and the one who sees it. The emotion and the field holding it. This essay unpacks double awareness and why it changes how you move through the world.
Beautiful, just beautiful. And to answer Janie's question below, I think of this non-dualistic way of walking in the world as the "middle path." Which opens so much up to us. I feel healed every time somebody reminds me that it isn't either/or but rather both/and. The boat and the river. Life and death. Sorrow and joy. Etc.
Not to sound grandiose but this feels so real & truthful AND literally just beginning to practice this, catching myself, life-changing. You explain this so well, which I desperately need with the lingering brain fog that puts me places I don’t wanna be - not physically but mentally, emotionally, behaviorally. I may have to read it every morning to start my day - well worth it.
I have been working with this after reading Living Presence. I tend toward worrying or thinking on problems far above my pay grade. I have had some success at it. And honestly it is a relief to shut the issue down sooner and be able to better focus my time. Hopefully I can continue and expand it.
Also pairing it with the make all worries one big worry and give it to God helps. Some nights God gets a pool ball and others a beach ball. Appreciating the practicality of these.
Great inspiration for contemplation in action. Also inspiring in that it invoked my inner-comic. What came to my 3rd eye was the scene from the movie "Space Balls" where Dark Helmet and the commander were viewing themselves in real time on the monitor, looking back and forth between the monitor and the viewer.
Thank you! This was just what I needed to read today. This has been a practice of mine for awhile now, but the name you've given it is perfect. I'd called it (to myself) meditation in action or simply awareness, but thinking of it as "double" is more helpful to the practice of it. Much appreciated! 🙏
I love this! Yesterday, I went to a painting session for fun. The teacher was guiding us and I made a mistake. She asked me if I ever saw a flower like the one I painted; of course I hadn't. I felt embarrassed. When the emotion started building, I noticed it happening, and got curious instead. That's interesting, I thought. I did it my way. Your post reminded me that it's ok.
"The way this develops is more like a pulse. Awareness opens for a moment. You recognize. Then you get pulled back into the ship. Then you remember again. Over time, the pulses become more frequent, and the watcher begins to feel less like a special state and more like a stable ground".
Beautiful, just beautiful. And to answer Janie's question below, I think of this non-dualistic way of walking in the world as the "middle path." Which opens so much up to us. I feel healed every time somebody reminds me that it isn't either/or but rather both/and. The boat and the river. Life and death. Sorrow and joy. Etc.
Well explained Stephanie..the middle path, I think, is the route less taken, but delivers freedom and peace within…
Notice what you’re noticing. Pay attention to what you’re paying attention to.
Not to sound grandiose but this feels so real & truthful AND literally just beginning to practice this, catching myself, life-changing. You explain this so well, which I desperately need with the lingering brain fog that puts me places I don’t wanna be - not physically but mentally, emotionally, behaviorally. I may have to read it every morning to start my day - well worth it.
This is so beautifully expressed and framed.
Most of us live entirely on the ship, tossed by every wave, forgetting we are also the river that holds it all.
Double awareness is not a technique. It is a sacred return. The Upanishads call this the Sakshi, the witness that was never lost, only forgotten.
Thank you for this offering.
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I have been working with this after reading Living Presence. I tend toward worrying or thinking on problems far above my pay grade. I have had some success at it. And honestly it is a relief to shut the issue down sooner and be able to better focus my time. Hopefully I can continue and expand it.
Also pairing it with the make all worries one big worry and give it to God helps. Some nights God gets a pool ball and others a beach ball. Appreciating the practicality of these.
Amen!🙏
Great inspiration for contemplation in action. Also inspiring in that it invoked my inner-comic. What came to my 3rd eye was the scene from the movie "Space Balls" where Dark Helmet and the commander were viewing themselves in real time on the monitor, looking back and forth between the monitor and the viewer.
Nice, I love this article, Sir Virgin, a fertile life giving message, psychologically potent 😊
Walk in peace, Lady G
Thank you! This was just what I needed to read today. This has been a practice of mine for awhile now, but the name you've given it is perfect. I'd called it (to myself) meditation in action or simply awareness, but thinking of it as "double" is more helpful to the practice of it. Much appreciated! 🙏
Wonderful, thank for
That really connects! Thanks.
And if this is a trait you have been using all your life, what would it be called, other than double awareness? thoughts?
Toggling
Yes, my weakness, so I’m told:), is over-thinking
You are not alone in that, Janie
I love this! Yesterday, I went to a painting session for fun. The teacher was guiding us and I made a mistake. She asked me if I ever saw a flower like the one I painted; of course I hadn't. I felt embarrassed. When the emotion started building, I noticed it happening, and got curious instead. That's interesting, I thought. I did it my way. Your post reminded me that it's ok.
"The way this develops is more like a pulse. Awareness opens for a moment. You recognize. Then you get pulled back into the ship. Then you remember again. Over time, the pulses become more frequent, and the watcher begins to feel less like a special state and more like a stable ground".