I do not understand anything I see
Boy do I resist this. Everything seems fraught with meaning today. I’m hyper aware of the cobweb in the corner. In fact, I’m getting right up and attacking it with the duster.
Back.
Obviously that thing has been there for, at least, weeks, probably months. Cobwebs don’t just suddenly appear.
Objects, seem diamond sharp right now. The sounds of someone driving up the street, which I typically, never notice sound extremely loud, though they really aren’t.
It’s been like this all day.
Starting with the lesson this morning and for the three times shortly after I “suddenly” remembered to repeat today’s phrase to myself, it seems as if my senses have been amped up to 12 or 13 on a scale of one to ten. I turned the truck radio off driving both to and from work because I wanted to listen to the sounds of driving, the motor’s brrrr, the sound the tires made rolling down the road, the swoosh of passing vehicles, all intense and immediate.
The lesson uses the term see, though what’s most in awareness is sound. It’s probably the same for the purposes of the Course. I’m noticing the chill air across my lips and the back of my hands right now, as well as the sound of a passing jet. Oddly, understanding doesn’t seem as important as normal. The simple awareness is compelling enough.
Posted on January 3, 2007 ::
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