06-27-2006, 12:00 AM
Quote:Observation without interference
The principle of observation without interference has become for me one of the most valuable and interesting concepts to be outlined in 'The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception' by Lujan Matus www.parallelperception.com There is so much in this simple precept that it is hard to know where to begin discussing what it has brought about for me in terms of understanding. What I find most fascinating is the connection between our subjective perception and the influence that has on 'reality'. More and more it appears to me that the way we see the world and all its components, especially ourselves and the people we come into contact with, either in our immediate experience or through the media, is something we have to learn to take responsibility for on a moment to moment basis. The reason it is so important is that with our every perception we are creating and influencing the multidimensional dream that is our world. The difference between noticing something or seeing it for what is at that moment and the act of holding it fixed within a perception that has become a judgment or a certainty is a crucial distinction that must be consciously made.
When we observe something, whether we assess in depth or make a flash observation, which can be quite 'complete' even in the briefest of moments, we contribute our perception to the reality of what we are observing and influence it in the direction of our particular way of seeing. There are so many ways that I can understand this to be a truth. In terms of interpersonal interactions I can experience it within myself when I'm with different people. Training in martial arts is a good example. As a beginner, when I trained with more experienced students I would notice marked changes in my ability to learn and physically perform with different people. Obviously there are elements of compatibility and friendship involved but this was something different. When an older student who was encouraging and patient was my partner, I could respond to their higher ability with fluidity and ease, 'upping my game' just by playing with someone more experienced. When the older student was disdainful of having to train with someone of lesser ability, my co-ordination (which is usually very good) would go out the window, my focus would be scattered and my movements became clumsy. This may seem simplistic and you could say that all sorts of factors are involved, but it is an immediate and tangible experience of the way we affect and are affected by one another. If I have a limiting view of myself it will restrict what I am able to achieve and my ability to grow. If I hold a limiting view of another, it will hinder their ability to express their potential because their environment, communicating on a cellular level and in the realm of feeling, holds them in a place of limitation. It may not even be an actual judgment or idea of what they are capable of - it might be an emotion that is generated through a personal imbalance or preoccupation, and that feeling harbored will translate into an energetic emanation that warps the energy field of the situation or person attention is directed towards. One can't afford to be careless or unconscious with this kind of influence.
There is so much to notice about the ways people perceive, affirm and contribute to the world. It is deeply disturbing to hear people frequently making statements that include words along the lines of "that's just the way it is", when mostly it is an assertion of how bad, difficult, unfair, boring, mundane and cruel 'life' is. Nearly always a statement along these lines is asking for an agreement from the surroundings and there is a strong expectation that this will be provided. This is a kind of deep seated insanity verging on criminal if you take into consideration the ripple effects such an attitude of morbid, limiting certainty has on 'life', through the gravity of this collective perception of what 'life' is! It is evident that the world is full of tragedy and unfairness and wrongdoing that would be futile to deny, but part of our responsibility as co-creators is to expand our awareness, refuse to agree on the suffocating limitations that are given to us by our environment as 'the way things are' and not participate in continually affirming a negative state of awareness that incapacitates our ability to see beyond where we are now!
Observation without interference relates to allowing things to be in a true state of atomic flux, not holding them in rigidity or stasis with an inflexible point of view loaded with mental dogma and emotional energy that is linked to a personal agenda, which may or may not be recognized by the person who carries it. Undertaking to practice this principle is a moment by moment decision. We catch ourselves in the act of recognizing the qualities of our own perceptions, absorbing what we need to become aware of and releasing those perceptions to allow new input to arrive into an unprejudiced arena, that we may see things from another perspective and become more complete within an evolving understanding - not to mention freeing up what we observe to allow it to naturally become other than what it was a moment ago! To close off from that possibility by adopting an attitude of judgment or certainty is to curtail the processes of learning and expansion and transformation. Through the practice of observation without interference a new self awareness arises as we begin to know who we are as a perceiver, and therefore creator, of our world - not as our identification with habits, social circumstances, physicality or repetitive self-reflection. This understanding hits home as both a grave responsibility and a truly liberating realization that gives the ability to recognize the power we have to change simply the world through our perception of reality!
The scope of what comes about as a result of the heartfelt and ongoing intention to engage our awareness without interference with what we observe cannot be underestimated. Obviously total objectivity is near impossible to achieve in a true sense - we are all subject to our own subjectivity and to take a position of self identification as "the observer" is still a stance that by its nature pressures the environment with a demand to conform with that self reflection. This arena of discussion is a potential minefield of intellectual meanderings and arguments, which may be interesting in a scientific sense but ultimately draw us away from the point of taking responsibility for the roles we play in shaping the nature of our world and the quality of our interactions. Our task is to release ourselves and our environment to allow expression of the moment to unfold without the burden of preconceptions, expectation, judgment and self perpetuation weighing heavy upon that fine balance of potentiality that presents itself to us at all times. We can open a portal into our own liberation by letting go of our fixations as we become aware of them and what will be revealed is infinitely more than anything that can be referenced via the previous experiences through which we are so accustomed to defining ourselves and our world.
To approach our responsibility with this awareness has immeasurable depth and multidimensional ramifications which can be experienced by anyone who makes a choice to proceed in this manner. I urge anyone who is interested in these concepts to delve into The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception, which has been an invaluable tool for me. I have been under Lujan Matus' guiding influence for approximately five years and the process of integrating his teachings stands out as the most intensive and fruitful learning curve of my life. This hardcore apprenticeship is the ultimate challenge as I've been purposefully coaxed away from the shackles of fixed awareness and a frightening attachment to limiting imprints that were previously a signature of my character, and into a field of real time that disallows the re-emergence of the previous stagnancy and limitation. It is a true pleasure and continuous source of amazement to be discovering the extent of resonance and consistency that is revealed as I go deeper into the teachings outlined in The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception and begin to explore them independently on my journey, which is intrinsically linked to a communal awareness that surrounds Lujan and is now expanding exponentially to include all those who long for the deeper resonance of the heart to become the pervasive force in their lives.
We welcome your presence on the website, where we have an active forum that is open to questions, contributions, dreams and insights from the community.
Copyright 2005 Naomi Jean
In the end we are the sum total of our doings and we will be faced by those doings at the moment of our death. Or is it our death in every moment that we live, that faces us with what we do?
The principle of observation without interference has become for me one of the most valuable and interesting concepts to be outlined in 'The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception' by Lujan Matus www.parallelperception.com There is so much in this simple precept that it is hard to know where to begin discussing what it has brought about for me in terms of understanding. What I find most fascinating is the connection between our subjective perception and the influence that has on 'reality'. More and more it appears to me that the way we see the world and all its components, especially ourselves and the people we come into contact with, either in our immediate experience or through the media, is something we have to learn to take responsibility for on a moment to moment basis. The reason it is so important is that with our every perception we are creating and influencing the multidimensional dream that is our world. The difference between noticing something or seeing it for what is at that moment and the act of holding it fixed within a perception that has become a judgment or a certainty is a crucial distinction that must be consciously made.
When we observe something, whether we assess in depth or make a flash observation, which can be quite 'complete' even in the briefest of moments, we contribute our perception to the reality of what we are observing and influence it in the direction of our particular way of seeing. There are so many ways that I can understand this to be a truth. In terms of interpersonal interactions I can experience it within myself when I'm with different people. Training in martial arts is a good example. As a beginner, when I trained with more experienced students I would notice marked changes in my ability to learn and physically perform with different people. Obviously there are elements of compatibility and friendship involved but this was something different. When an older student who was encouraging and patient was my partner, I could respond to their higher ability with fluidity and ease, 'upping my game' just by playing with someone more experienced. When the older student was disdainful of having to train with someone of lesser ability, my co-ordination (which is usually very good) would go out the window, my focus would be scattered and my movements became clumsy. This may seem simplistic and you could say that all sorts of factors are involved, but it is an immediate and tangible experience of the way we affect and are affected by one another. If I have a limiting view of myself it will restrict what I am able to achieve and my ability to grow. If I hold a limiting view of another, it will hinder their ability to express their potential because their environment, communicating on a cellular level and in the realm of feeling, holds them in a place of limitation. It may not even be an actual judgment or idea of what they are capable of - it might be an emotion that is generated through a personal imbalance or preoccupation, and that feeling harbored will translate into an energetic emanation that warps the energy field of the situation or person attention is directed towards. One can't afford to be careless or unconscious with this kind of influence.
There is so much to notice about the ways people perceive, affirm and contribute to the world. It is deeply disturbing to hear people frequently making statements that include words along the lines of "that's just the way it is", when mostly it is an assertion of how bad, difficult, unfair, boring, mundane and cruel 'life' is. Nearly always a statement along these lines is asking for an agreement from the surroundings and there is a strong expectation that this will be provided. This is a kind of deep seated insanity verging on criminal if you take into consideration the ripple effects such an attitude of morbid, limiting certainty has on 'life', through the gravity of this collective perception of what 'life' is! It is evident that the world is full of tragedy and unfairness and wrongdoing that would be futile to deny, but part of our responsibility as co-creators is to expand our awareness, refuse to agree on the suffocating limitations that are given to us by our environment as 'the way things are' and not participate in continually affirming a negative state of awareness that incapacitates our ability to see beyond where we are now!
Observation without interference relates to allowing things to be in a true state of atomic flux, not holding them in rigidity or stasis with an inflexible point of view loaded with mental dogma and emotional energy that is linked to a personal agenda, which may or may not be recognized by the person who carries it. Undertaking to practice this principle is a moment by moment decision. We catch ourselves in the act of recognizing the qualities of our own perceptions, absorbing what we need to become aware of and releasing those perceptions to allow new input to arrive into an unprejudiced arena, that we may see things from another perspective and become more complete within an evolving understanding - not to mention freeing up what we observe to allow it to naturally become other than what it was a moment ago! To close off from that possibility by adopting an attitude of judgment or certainty is to curtail the processes of learning and expansion and transformation. Through the practice of observation without interference a new self awareness arises as we begin to know who we are as a perceiver, and therefore creator, of our world - not as our identification with habits, social circumstances, physicality or repetitive self-reflection. This understanding hits home as both a grave responsibility and a truly liberating realization that gives the ability to recognize the power we have to change simply the world through our perception of reality!
The scope of what comes about as a result of the heartfelt and ongoing intention to engage our awareness without interference with what we observe cannot be underestimated. Obviously total objectivity is near impossible to achieve in a true sense - we are all subject to our own subjectivity and to take a position of self identification as "the observer" is still a stance that by its nature pressures the environment with a demand to conform with that self reflection. This arena of discussion is a potential minefield of intellectual meanderings and arguments, which may be interesting in a scientific sense but ultimately draw us away from the point of taking responsibility for the roles we play in shaping the nature of our world and the quality of our interactions. Our task is to release ourselves and our environment to allow expression of the moment to unfold without the burden of preconceptions, expectation, judgment and self perpetuation weighing heavy upon that fine balance of potentiality that presents itself to us at all times. We can open a portal into our own liberation by letting go of our fixations as we become aware of them and what will be revealed is infinitely more than anything that can be referenced via the previous experiences through which we are so accustomed to defining ourselves and our world.
To approach our responsibility with this awareness has immeasurable depth and multidimensional ramifications which can be experienced by anyone who makes a choice to proceed in this manner. I urge anyone who is interested in these concepts to delve into The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception, which has been an invaluable tool for me. I have been under Lujan Matus' guiding influence for approximately five years and the process of integrating his teachings stands out as the most intensive and fruitful learning curve of my life. This hardcore apprenticeship is the ultimate challenge as I've been purposefully coaxed away from the shackles of fixed awareness and a frightening attachment to limiting imprints that were previously a signature of my character, and into a field of real time that disallows the re-emergence of the previous stagnancy and limitation. It is a true pleasure and continuous source of amazement to be discovering the extent of resonance and consistency that is revealed as I go deeper into the teachings outlined in The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception and begin to explore them independently on my journey, which is intrinsically linked to a communal awareness that surrounds Lujan and is now expanding exponentially to include all those who long for the deeper resonance of the heart to become the pervasive force in their lives.
We welcome your presence on the website, where we have an active forum that is open to questions, contributions, dreams and insights from the community.
Copyright 2005 Naomi Jean
In the end we are the sum total of our doings and we will be faced by those doings at the moment of our death. Or is it our death in every moment that we live, that faces us with what we do?