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“WHAT IS SELF-OBSERVATION WITHOUT JUDGMENT?”

Even while we are identified with mind (ego), we sometimes reflect on our words and actions, but in doing so, the observer’s eyes that look back on our words and actions remain fixed on the “personal self” to whatever extent.

Thus, we are left to judge what our words and actions were “good or bad,” or if they were bad, how bad they were, etc., in light of the standards of judgment at that point in time.

For example, if we judge something to be “bad,” we may apologize to the people involved, or conversely, we may become defiant or try to pretend it never happened.

This is because to the mind (ego), which is always striving to get better (i.e., unknowingly and blindly believing that we are not good enough or that something is wrong with us), the fact that something was bad means that the effort was insufficient, or misguided, etc, and so self-defense (ego-defense) kicks in to unconsciously avoid the feeling of helplessness or something that might come from witnessing such a fact.

Or we may reflect on those behavior and try to be more careful so that it does not happen again.

But then we find ourselves that we’ve done the same thing again, and become discouraged with ourselves.

Or we may be proud of ourselves (the improved, personal self) for no longer doing the same thing.

Either way, the observer’s eyes remain fixed on the personal self, and no matter what we feel then, in the end, we still remain self-awareness attached to the personal self.

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On the other hand, in self-observation without judgment, the observer’s eyes are never fixed on the “personal self” or anywhere else.

The first thing that is necessary when self-observing is to observe the facts as they are.

To do this, it is necessary to detach oneself from the awareness of the “personal self” (detach from the mind (ego)) without intending of the mind (ego), so that the facts are not distorted by resistance or denial caused by unconscious self-defense of the mind (ego), as described above.

Here, “without intending” is actually very important, because no matter how careful we try to be, no one can avoid the unconscious influence of the mind (ego), since it is unconscious.

Therefore, it is of course, essential for non-judgmental self-observation to stay away from the “intending” mind (ego).

What we should focus on here is the pure longing of the essence (not the desire of the mind (ego)) to know or comprehend the facts or truth with sincerity and humility, so such pure longing makes us leave “striving” by the mind (ego) anything altogether, we can look down on ourselves from a high enough vantage point that we can see the entirety of our own words and actions we are about to observe.

If we become aware that critical or favorable judgments arise in the mind, we must ignore them altogether all by focusing the attention only on the longing of the essence to know the truth, and re-observe ourselve from much higher or far away where the voice of any thought no longer reaches us.

This place where no critical thought, no favorable thought, no judgment can reach is the complete innermost stillness. Stay there and observe everything.

If we can completely be detached from the mind (ego) in this way, we will be able to observe the facts as they are without the unconscious self-defense by the “personal self” and, furthermore, because we are completely selfless and egoless, we will be able to also observe ourselves from the perspective of those we interact with, such as those we have emotionally hurt.

For example, if person A and person B were present then, we can observe ourselves from person A’s point of view, or from person B’s point of view. Or we will be able to even observe ourselves from the perspective of a third person who was not there.

Then, without being caught up in the thought of excusing our own words and actions, we will be able to honestly acknowlege the hurt feelings of those people, or also recognize their various reactions from them as a matter of course. And furthermore, not only that, as the facts as they are, we will finally even be able to acknowledge (accept and forgive) the way we were is the best possible at that time.

In this way, we are able to observe our mind (ego) itself, which is unconscious self-awareness, and even ourselves simply as we are, including our own words and actions that we had not noticed or did not want to admit before, and facts that had been unconsciously distorted by the mind (ego) in various ways.

However, in no way does this mean that we become trapped again in the illusion of the “personal self” in the form of any kind of reflection (reflection is nothing more than an improvement of the illusion in the world of the personal self).

It is only by remaining detached from the mind (ego), without being caught up in any illusions, and when we observe the facts as they are, that a truly profound realization is brought to us.

In this way, when transformation occurs, it happens naturally, from within.

Nevertheless, if at any point in this process of self-observation, we find ourselves caught in critical or favorable thoughts, rather than fighting them or trying to manage them, it may be necessary for us to first get used to detach ourselves from them, by stopping the observation and relaxing in a natural environment, for the most effective self-observation.

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Divine guidance, the path to God, is not something that makes us special by choosing good based on the judgement of good or evil that the mind (ego) think, while remaining ourselves in self-awareness of small “personal aelf,” nor is it something that makes us deceive ourselves into thinking that we are spiritually awakened by increasing spiritual knowledge.

Rather, it is something that works to completely surrender each and every illusion of the mind (ego), which is completely delusion, in order to make us awaken (realize) to the divinity of essence, the impersonal Self that is the omnipresent God, as the ultimate realization through every opportunity in our individual reality, and following such guidance along with surrendering the mind is the path to God, the spiritual awakening.

Therefore, as we identify ourselves as separeted and isolated personal mind ego) and body, and we are not aware of it as illusion, moreover when we try to change the world, achieve something, improve ourselves, or become somebody, various sufferings arise from unconscious resistance to the reality as they are, when we recognize that that reality does not match with the mind’s (ego’s) expect and are concerned with.

Suffering is thus only an invitation to let go of all resistance to mere phenomena that flow and change, and to let go of the awareness of the mind (ego) as the self, or even the mind (ego) itself.

This naturally creates the possibility for each of us to awaken to the immutable Self, the Absolute Reality.

In other words, what self-observation without judgement is for self-realization.

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Be attentive in detail to each of your self-observation in the innermost complete stillness.

In this way, you will truly awaken spiritually. (OM 🙏)

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