On Observing

About the value of observing:

Once you notice that your mind can be in two places at once—

wound-up in some thought process, and,

at the same time, watching itself

being wound-up-in-whatever-thought-process-it-is—

well, that makes you blink.

Then, suddenly, the universe blinks back at you!

In that moment it all makes sense.

Then it stops making sense,

and you go back to working away at paying attention.

The only difference is

that you now have an impression in your mind

of that millisecond when it all made sense.

That impression lends you the conviction

that paying attention is all that is necessary.

And so, you go on paying attention,

and that's all there is to it.