notice everything that is experienced

is there anything in your experience that you cannot witness?

i mean try and see if any of the sensations you experience, the thoughts and feeling or emotions you experience, can any of that happen without you being able to witness it, to be aware of it

there are definitely stories that have looked at this, I remember someone talking about a story once of someone going to visit buddha, and i completely forgot what this person had come to ask him

all i remember was something like as this person was asking this buddha something, i think buddha asked or commented on this persons toe, because he was moving it up and down. i think this person then said something like oh i did not realise i was wiggling my toe

then buddha was so amused by the fact that this person had not realised that they were wiggling their toe as they were asking buddha their question

so this is totally true for many I am sure. Surely there is a lot of things that happen in our lives that we do not even realise is happening, we are not even aware that this is happening, but once you put your awareness to it, then suddenly you see it

so train this awareness of yours, observe, witness the thoughts, witness the emotions, treat them even as completely separate from each other, as well as any other sensations you may feel, see if you can just witness all of it without identifying with any of it

anything that you can experience in this existence you can witness because it all exists within consciousness, and as pure consciousness you can witness it all

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