[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Nobody Watches

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

September 23, 2007

NOBODY WATCHES

The term for awareness in Tibetan means "the knowledge that realizes 
egolessness through awareness." Awareness brings egolessness because 
there is no object of awareness. You are aware of the whole thing 
completely, of you and other and of the activities of you and other 
at the same time. So everything is open. There is no particular 
object of awareness. If you're smart enough, you might ask the 
question," Who is being aware of the whole thing?" That's a very 
interesting question, the sixty-four-dollar question. And the answer 
is, nobody is being aware of anything but itself. The razor blade 
cuts itself. The sun shines by itself. Fire burns by itself. Water 
flows by itself. Nobody watches -- and that is the very primitive 
level of egolessness.

 From "Continuing Our Confusion," in THE PATH IS THE GOAL: A BASIC 
HANDBOOK OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION, pages 21 to 22. Edited by Sherab Chodzin.


All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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