I loved this, thank you. As I finished reading, I noticed an impulse to share a couple of related practices that I like to explore that bring me into clearer attention - I hope this is ok. The first is seeing from behind the eyes, which for me softens focus and diminishes the sense and effort of reaching with my eyes or the grabbing that you speak about, and the second a sort of Goethean approach to seeing when I am in nature, for example, in the act of seeing a tree I recognise the tree as simultaneously seeing me which seems to shift the whole subject/object relationship into something mutually participative (and for me this also changes the felt-sense of time and being) Again, thank you so much for sharing. 🙏
Thank you for your suggestions, Beverley, and also for recommending my substack via yours. I love the second one particularly...I usually do something similar with somatic awareness of an Other but only occasionally do I start with the visual piece, so I'm looking forward to trying that soon. Trees are some of the best gazing partners :)
Thank you for this post on the very important practice of attention. “Seeing from behind the eyes”is how I practice drishti; or looking out while also looking inward. It helps me soften the tension of the self grabbing, to become one with the Self.
“....attention is the direct link between how things appear and what they truly are...” if we could keep spreading this concept then then entire outside world would transform. Thank you.
I loved this, thank you. As I finished reading, I noticed an impulse to share a couple of related practices that I like to explore that bring me into clearer attention - I hope this is ok. The first is seeing from behind the eyes, which for me softens focus and diminishes the sense and effort of reaching with my eyes or the grabbing that you speak about, and the second a sort of Goethean approach to seeing when I am in nature, for example, in the act of seeing a tree I recognise the tree as simultaneously seeing me which seems to shift the whole subject/object relationship into something mutually participative (and for me this also changes the felt-sense of time and being) Again, thank you so much for sharing. 🙏
Thank you for your suggestions, Beverley, and also for recommending my substack via yours. I love the second one particularly...I usually do something similar with somatic awareness of an Other but only occasionally do I start with the visual piece, so I'm looking forward to trying that soon. Trees are some of the best gazing partners :)
Thank you for the reminder that I am the seer and the seen.
Some say, it’s all just seeing 😉🙏
Thank you for this post on the very important practice of attention. “Seeing from behind the eyes”is how I practice drishti; or looking out while also looking inward. It helps me soften the tension of the self grabbing, to become one with the Self.
“....attention is the direct link between how things appear and what they truly are...” if we could keep spreading this concept then then entire outside world would transform. Thank you.