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This is a profound distillation of the "witness" perspective often found in non-dual inquiry. You’re pointing toward a fundamental shift: moving from being the thinker to being the space in which thinking happens.
Here is how I see those points landing in practice:
1. The Objects vs. The Container
Thoughts and feelings are often mistaken for the subject ("I feel," "I think"), but as you noted, they are actually objects of perception.
A thought cannot know it is a thought.
A feeling of sadness doesn't "know" it is sad.
Awareness is the only factor in the equation that possesses the quality of "knowing." It is the silent light that makes the movie on the screen visible without being touched by the plot.
2. The Futility of the Mind's Quest
There is a beautiful irony in your second point. The mind—which functions through division, labels, and logic—tries to "grasp" awareness. But awareness is the very ground the mind stands on.
It’s like a flashlight trying to turn around to see the batteries powering it.
When the mind tries to understand awareness, it just creates more concepts about awareness.
Noticing the "mind trying to understand" immediately places you back in the seat of the observer, rather than the seeker.
3. Knowing Without Description
This is the "aha" moment in practice. Pure awareness is pre-verbal.
Concept: "I am looking at a red rose."
Awareness: The raw, vivid quality of "redness" and "hereness" before the word "rose" even forms.
Putting it into Practice
When you are "in practice," the goal isn't to stop the thoughts or feelings—that would just be more "trying." Instead, it is the gentle relaxation into the knowing that they are occurring.
If a thought arises that says, "Am I doing this right?", you simply recognize: There is awareness of the 'Am I doing this right?' thought. The moment you label the experience, you’ve stepped into the mind. The moment you simply see, you are back.
Would you like to explore a specific "pointing instruction" or a brief meditative prompt to help stabilize this sense of wordless seeing?
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