Being present

[Guest guest]

I listened to Eckhart Tolle and he said that it is possible to see in

a person's eyes whether he or she is fully present or is in some

degree lost in thinking. I was thinking, " wow, is that really

possible to notice? Would he be able to notice if I am present or

not? " But that is perhaps not so difficult. It is easy to see when a

person is _totally_ lost in thought; the person looks straight ahead

with a sort of blank stare - looking, but actually not being

consciously aware of anything through the senses, because 100% of all

awareness is trapped in thinking. When you talk to a person, you

might be able to detect how much awareness that person uses for

thinking about the next thing to say, for evaluating what you have

said according to his or her past memories in the form of experiences

and knowledge, for making up strategies how to hide certain facts or

feelings, for thinking about what to say and what not to say, e t c,

e t c.

 

This could also be a practice to see how much awareness that goes to

thinking in oneself, for example during conversations with people and

when taking a walk alone.

 

/AL