The
Watcher
There are at least
three of us in each of us.
Whatever do I mean? I
hear you asking.
This happens to you,
too. No, wait.... This happens to us. No, wait again...
while I search for the correct words/tense --- okay, here it is: I
know this happens to me.
See?
Ram Dass talks about
this concept in his writings, as do many other spiritual types and
meditation mentors. So did Sigmund Freud. So did the psychology
teacher in high school.
ID --- Ego --- Superego
Parent --- Child ---
Ego
Doer --- Seer ---
Watcher
Etc...
Still confused? Here
are thought bubbles above my head explaining:
You're alone at home.
You spot a mess, as you
walk by it.
You
think to yourself: That mess really needs to be cleaned
up....
Then, from another
level, completely out of nowhere to now-here, comes a different
voice:
Clean
it up now. Don't just walk by....
And then, a quick
comeback:
I
don't want to right now. I'll do it when I want to!
Recognize any of these
voices?
Cognitive you? Parent?
Resistant child?
You laugh to yourself
as you flash-notice your own thoughts and processes.
And then...! Just when
the conversation has reached its natural conclusion, a final,
rational, more rhetorical and observant other voice (yes,
that's 4 voices, if you're still here) notices; simply notices the
other three voices and what just transpired.
That! That, my friends
is the “watcher”. True you.
However you want to
think of it, the point is this: I am not alone. You are not alone. We
are not alone.
I'm in there together,
with the watcher, and with the God-self kernel of my origin.
True Me.
Just Another Lori Story
