Returning to myself is like noticing my noticing while I am noticing. It is similar to being in the present. Interestingly, the word nowhere is composed of now and here. Being here now is being in the present. Being here now may then be like going nowhere. When one notices one's self as being more connected to everyone and everything, that may similar to being no one, going, nowhere.
This reminds me of Sharon Begley, author of "Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain," when she and Jeffrey M Schwartz said: "Through mindfulness you can stand outside your own mind as if you were watching what is happening to another person rather than experience being at herself….Mindfulness requires direct willful effort, and the ability to forge those practicing it to observe their sensations and thoughts with a calm clarity of an external witness….One views his thoughts, feelings, and expectations much As A Scientist Views Experimental Data—that is, as a natural phenomenon to be noted, investigated, reflected on and learned from.Viewing one’s own inner experience as data allows (one) to become, in essence, his own experimental subject." Thanks for the opportunity to respond. Warm and kind regards to all readers.
On Jul 23, 2011 Conrad wrote :
Returning to myself is like noticing my noticing while I am noticing. It is similar to being in the present. Interestingly, the word nowhere is composed of now and here. Being here now is being in the present. Being here now may then be like going nowhere. When one notices one's self as being more connected to everyone and everything, that may similar to being no one, going, nowhere.
This reminds me of Sharon Begley, author of "Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain," when she and Jeffrey M Schwartz said: "Through mindfulness you can stand outside your own mind as if you were watching what is happening to another person rather than experience being at herself…. Mindfulness requires direct willful effort, and the ability to forge those practicing it to observe their sensations and thoughts with a calm clarity of an external witness…. One views his thoughts, feelings, and expectations much As A Scientist Views Experimental Data—that is, as a natural phenomenon to be noted, investigated, reflected on and learned from. Viewing one’s own inner experience as data allows (one) to become, in essence, his own experimental subject." Thanks for the opportunity to respond. Warm and kind regards to all readers.