indifferent observer--Non-identification with body

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Jan:

 

The aloof detached fearless (Witnessing) Awareness,

Stands Alone. It is the first to arise in the morning

upon waking. The " I am " without words.

 

Identified with the body-mindflow, it is the person....

" I am " this and that, etc.

 

El

 

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Nisargadatta, Jan Sultan <swork@a...> wrote:

>

>

> Here I am not talking of out of body experiences. Frankly I

haven't had any

> out of body experience.

> Here I am talking about the times when most of us have,

possibly due to

> shock, 'lost interest' in 'controlling' our bodies. It is as if we

are

> frozen with fear but we do not have any fear, in fact we are

rendered

> emotionless and unconcerned about what happens to our

body.

>

> Let me give two examples to explain. [i am not very proud of

what happened

> in either case!]

> I was on a flimsy motorbike on a narrow bridge when I saw

coming towards me

> a truck and trailer veering from side to side apparently out of

control. I

> just froze, yet I did not feel any fear or concern for my safety. I

had

> turned into an indifferent observer!

> The same thing happened when I saw a drowning boy in a

swimming pool. There

> was no danger to me in any action to save that boy. Yet again I

turned into

> an indifferent observer.

> [Luckily in both cases nothing serious happened.]

>

> Anybody have similar experiences? And is this similar to what

Nisargadatta

> et. al. refer to when they advise us not to identify with our

bodies and minds?

>

> I cannot resist the temptation of quoting from my favorite guru,

Nisargadatta:

>

> Having seen that you are a bundle of memories held together

by attachment,

> step out and look from the outside. You may perceive for the

first time

> something which is not memory. You cease to be

Mr-so-and-so, busy about his

> own affairs. You are at last at peace. You realize that nothing

was ever

> wrong with the world, you alone were wrong and now it is all

over. Never

> again will you be caught in the meshes of desire born of

ignorance. (390)

> ______________________

> With Love,

> Cyber Dervish

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