Pay Attention to Your Consciousness
You’re a Puppeteer Here. But You Keep Identifying With The Puppet.
Look closely. Do you know who you are?
You aren’t what you think you are most of the time. This manifestation where I’m sitting down to write this and you’re sitting down to read it — what is it, really? Is it so wild to imagine that you might have been something else five minutes ago, or that you’ve somehow found yourself in Wonderland all of a sudden? In dreams, we “wake up” to a totally new world with only bits of similarities to our waking lives, and no recollection of “reality” or how things are “supposed” to be. We’re like puppets on a kids’ TV show — unaware that we’re just playing a character instead of the character itself. So, I think if we start understanding that we’re puppeteers instead of puppets, we will find liberation.
I’m not saying the plot will automatically change when you understand what’s really going on. But your relationship with the plot changes, giving you greater joy. You will stop worrying so much about the plot and just find it amusing to observe.
Liberation is when you rise above your situation and practice non-attachment.
