09-23-2011, 12:00 AM
Oh, I didn't mean the fox as cunning (though that is one trait associated with them) I meant that foxes are such good observers that they are really part of the environment and product of what they are observing.
So, say you see a person crying, and you observe them. And instead of thinking "that person is sad" and then all the analysis/interpretation that goes with it..you instead feel that feeling they are having, experience it as their perspective so you are in essence in that persons shoes...in a sense. And if you are in their shoes, the idea of separateness cannot be so profound at all.
So I was incorporating Lonewolf's post into my thoughts when I was speaking of the fox as the observer.
To be cunning, yes, I think to be cunning when observing oneself is very very helpful...due to the inner processes that occur. Because these inner processes also will reflect/effect the without.
So, say you see a person crying, and you observe them. And instead of thinking "that person is sad" and then all the analysis/interpretation that goes with it..you instead feel that feeling they are having, experience it as their perspective so you are in essence in that persons shoes...in a sense. And if you are in their shoes, the idea of separateness cannot be so profound at all.
So I was incorporating Lonewolf's post into my thoughts when I was speaking of the fox as the observer.
To be cunning, yes, I think to be cunning when observing oneself is very very helpful...due to the inner processes that occur. Because these inner processes also will reflect/effect the without.