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Power of observation
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From the stone to the void
Book 3 · Concentration, purpose and attention Also: Samadhi and the awakened states, Religions, history, society and science
We have discussed before the power of observation. You start by observing a big stone. You go on observing, observing, observing. Then you begin to see its origin, the structure, all these things. That is another conclusion of observation. You go deeper and deeper and deeper and and any artistic man will begin to see a statue hiding inside it which he can bring out. That is another conclusion. Then you go on observing that stone. You reach its molecular structure. That is one more conclusion. You go on and on and on and on and you reach the atomic structure also. You reach to the atoms. You start observing atoms and their
movements and everything. That is one conclusion. Then you also conclude because you are a human being. You learn from the observing atom. to respect other person's personal space. That is one more conclusion. Go on observing, go on observing, you reach particle level. You start observing particle and you realize by observing it is changing its behavior. That is one more conclusion. Then you see that it just appears out of nowhere. Appears and disappears into nowhere. Then your attention will go to the emptiness or the void. That will be one more conclusion. You start observing void. Go deeper and
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From the void to the observer
Book 1 · Higher states: turiya, nirvikalpa, niralamba, kaivalya, sahaj Also: Time and the future, Mind, brain and consciousness
deeper and deeper. Then you realize that void is not just [clears throat] void. There is subtle consciousness flowing inside. It is all ocean of consciousness. That is another conclusion. Then you go on observing, diving deep into that ocean of consciousness. And then you realize there is time flowing inside. That is another conclusion. Then you go on observing time and you realize there is a flow of consciousness inside the time also. You start observing it. Then you wonder who is actually observing. Then you start to observe the observer itself. And then that observation you go deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper. Then
you realize who is observing. And then as they say in yogutras, the observer is established in his or her own self. That is the power of observation. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Amazing.