The Observing Man

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There was a point in time when i was overthinking, overwhelmed with thoughts and perceptions.

Now, I’m just there, observing.

It’s one thing to actively make inferences about the world, make opinions.

It’s completely different when you just sit down and take in the life experiences.

What i noticed was that when you are actively looking for something, actively making inferences about multiple events, what happens when a certain phenomenon occurs, it works, short-term.

It worked for me, i was making a lot of inferences and discoveries, it was a big win for my personal development, the podcast and any other thing i was doing.

But like i said earlier it was a short-term fix, and it started to take its toll on me.

The thoughts started getting loud, i had experienced it first, back in 2021, I couldn’t sleep that night, terrible experience.

Second one happened few weeks earlier, i just couldn’t silence my mind, i had to meditate, and it actually worked.

Since then i realized, why am i using so much effort on something i could just sit back and observe.

So i took a back seat, an observing seat, let me see how it all unfolds.

Instead of actively trying to ponder, i let the experiences flow.

I discovered that it was a nicer experience, a long-term solution to a short-term fix.

Sitting down, observing and let life come to you.

You experience things, see things and you let them pass through you, but you make your own inferences out of it.

We all experience things, good or bad, but the meaning of each experience is individual.

Experiences are subjective depending on who is experiencing it and what they take from it.

So I’ve just been there, chilling, observing life and taking my own meaning.

It’s the long term solution to philosophize about life.

Experiences don’t mean you sit down all day and let it come to you.

You can seek out your own experiences by traveling, reading books, talking to people, depending on what you’re looking for.

Most people observe, some share, some don’t, i personally like to, something you could learn from.

Take in the experiences, breathe out the lessons.

  • Adventures of The Observing Man.

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