Some Fun Pointing Exercises

in this moment look at your computer
notice that this is a moment of normal attention
it feels like I am observing the computer

now look at what is making it seems that way
notice the back and forth between feeling the body and looking at the screen

look at the screen
and notice the constant looping of attention back to the tension
and how that makes the normal every day experience seem the way it does

now shift to witness (2nd gear)
notice how the screen is there
but the looping motion is held much stiller
you are hanging onto the subject (which stills the back and forth motion)

the computer is still there
the body can make use of it
but you aren't really taking it in

Now do the opposite
lets start picking out the details
ignore the witness
stay with the sensate experience
really pick out colors, shapes, details
allow the multiplicity of it to consume you
notice the distant sounds
the bodily sensations etc.
bring out the foreground

Return to the witness
notice how the physical sensations which are being clung to are just that (physical sensations)
they aren't a background, they are part of the same foreground
ground the witness
notice details again

now - notice that through all of this something has remained the same
there has been a continuous experience
you have been aware this whole time
you are aware = you are having an experience of any kind at all

now - how do you know you are having an experience?
who knows it?
is there a particular part of the experience that knows it?
or does the entirety of experience simply know?
is there something knowing the computer screen, or is there simply the computer screen?

notice again that you are aware
what happens when you do that?
where else is there to go?

Good stuff Thanks.

And a further point Mumuwu told me which has seemed to take me further (there is nowhere to go, i know)
- Notice that you don't need to notice in order to be aware.

hmm - remarkable.

Wow! Thanks, Jayson. These pointing-out instructions are fantastic.

I agree. I have lost count of the number of times i have noticed i am aware these last two days.

Great Mu!

While I'm doing this, I'm not suffering. That's my take-away, and it's major.