Quote From: marcia52It;s what Tolle and Martha Beck named the WATCHER cause that's what it's like .. you feel like you're watching a TV show or something. I find that sometimes I'm right in the middle of an event, situation or person .. and suddenly I'm not participating anymore. I figure that it's just me finally moving out of denial and remote control to being "present". This is why I loved reading A NEW EARTH .. he described exactly what I was feeling. And Martha, she gave me a couple of exercises in THE FOUR-DAY WIN where I practiced having my WATCHER watching.
Don't you think it's a marvelous experience? I do, I'm able to hear what I'm saying .. still doing it on autopilot; however, the next time, I'm able to bring up my truths and it disappears over time.
We're talking about the same thing, but our experiences are different.
I understand what you mean about the Watcher, it's the practice of becoming self aware. Through this practice I have zeroed in on a quirk that may be peculiar to me only.
My experience is that I'm always there in the moment, I don't feel like I'm watching somebody else, however, I do have the feeling of watching myself from within. What my experience is, is that when my mind (or ego, as Tolle calls it), is gearing up to influence me in some way, I get a physical reaction of the light around me dimming and a narrowing of my vision. I find this is an excellent tip-off to really pay attention to what my thoughts are saying to me.
And about your state of life, what is it that you are working on at the moment that you find yourself in a loop about? (Sometimes you are cryptic and it is difficult to follow your drift.)
P.S. Wasn't the inventor of the light bulb Edison?
