The seer behind the seeing
The one who sees, hears, tastes, smells and experiences the sense of touch is the seer and not the body. That seer is pure and does not go through any modifications. It has only the power to see. But the seeing happens not alone, but through the mind and the intellect. The seer is the Purusha who is like the light in a bulb. The lesser the dust and dirt on the bulb, the better the light shines. The dust and dirt are our thoughts that modify the passage of consciousness by its mere presence. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
5 comments:
So true!
Welcome Rakesh!
Thanks for these quotes. It reminds me of an exercise I do now that produces a startling shift in perception -- to ask myself "who is thinking that thought that just occurred?" or "who is seeing that object?"
Yes Chris! Questioning that who takes you to that truth!
ghata drishtaH ghataath bahiH = seer of the pot is outside the pot (seer of the pot can not be the pot - this simple truth can take us deep inside)
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