The Untethered Soul

hey friends, so this book I was telling you to read. It is very... I don't know, I can't explain it. I feel so different. Like... I see things differently, yet I've always seen the same things, but now they're different.

here's a bit of the book...

What would it be like if your awareness didn't exist? It's actually pretty simple- you wouldn't be there. There would be no sense of "me." There wouldn't be anyone in there to say, "Wow, I used to be in here but now I'm now." There would no longer be an awareness of being. And without awareness of being, or consciousness of being. And there objects? Who knows? If no one is aware of the objects, their existence or nonexistence becomes completely irrelevant. It doesn't matter how many things are in front of you; if you turn off the consciousness, there is nothing. If you were conscious, however, there can be nothing in front of you but you are fully aware that there is nothing. It's really not that complicated, and it's very enlightening.

So now I ask you, "Who are you?" you answer

"I am the one who sees. From back in here somewhere, I look out, and I am aware of the events, the thoughts and emotions that pass before me."

If you go very deep, that is where you live. You live in the seat of consciousness. A true spiritual being lives there, without effort and without intent. Just as you effortlessly look outside and see all that you see, you will eventually sit far enough back inside to see all you thoughts and emotions, as well as outer form. All of these objects are in front of you. The thoughts are closer in, the emotions are a little further away, and form is way out there. Behind it all, there you are. You go so deep that you realize that's where you've always been. At each stage of your life you have seen different thoughts, emotions, and objects pass before you. But you have always been the conscious receiver of all that was.