' Being the Observer '...

"Duality is when there is separation, diversity, subject-object, where I am the subject, and the world is seen in reference to me. This is how life appears when the labeling mechanism in mind is active, and things are divided into this and that, me and you, good and bad, etc.—there are opposites. The world is seen in reference to me, and the personal I is the reference point. I am the subject, and I am here and having my life. All else is an object outside and separate from me.

When we step back to observer, the labeling is less, because judgment is not active. In observer things are not taken personally, so duality is there, but it’s not running as deeply. The subject (personal I) is not so drawn into its own drama, and this sense of "all about me" is no longer fueled.

Step back from observer, and we hit pure being, union, is-ness. Here the interconnectedness is more obvious than the difference between things. In seeing another person, perception will notice what is similar in all people, and the difference in personalities and in visual appearance is not noted as anything significant. Things are recognized to be different on the outside but same on the inside. The interconnectedness of all manifestation is recognized.

You can’t make this perception happen, it either shows itself or it doesn’t. It’s like first recognising what is the same instead of what is different. (Fear and the personal I sees difference as it wants to protect itself. When it's all the same as what you are there is no fear). The essence is the same, and the outward manifestation is different, and it dawns like a eureka moment."



-Jac O'Keeffe