#22b Not labelling thoughts
This follows on from #22 and #22a !
There is the looking.
There isn't the labelling of anything perceived in the world. Not even the naming or describing of objects
eg a bag, a big yellow bag. A bag that is near me.
There is just the looking.
And I suppose this has engendered non duality, non separation.
But !!!
I have been labelling thoughts !!! Doh!
-is this a thought?... (from above and earlier)... Is just applying the label "thought" to thoughts !
And I suppose this has engendered a duality, separation
- "I , over here, am not my mind, over there !"
Soooo...
I need to follow this up with some quiet 'Practice'
But here I am just pointing out -what could be seen as an oversight on my part, namely
To consider thoughts as 'thoughts' is to label them.
'Better' is just to look at thoughts without the label.
I must say to label thoughts as 'merely thoughts' has served me well. It has helped separate the Real Me from the mini-me self. It has taken the meaning out of thoughts, a meaning that consistently says that 'I am a little self in a separate world'.
But of course, now this is done the Real Me has been seen as all inclusive ! and thus the self needs to be seen as entirely within Me.
And thus we have the whole process -my mini technology! :-
Just Look
Occasionally ask:-
Who am I?
What am I ?
Love
'Simply Looking'
Paloma Porta
12 May 2012
