The Watcher

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.

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