Movement of the Mind part 4 – Observing the Movement of our Mind
We know our body moves. We can see it and we can feel it. And it’s obvious that our mind functions. We are aware of it. We know it. But can we call the functioning of our mind movement?
And can we observe it directly?
If seeing and feeling prove our body moves, doesn’t our own awareness of the functioning of our mind prove there is activity, movement which can be perceived, observed?
Tomatis© and Feldenkrais© work help us to learn to observe ourselves more carefully, with both greater and more subtle detail. When we feel a movement start, can we then sense, observe how our mind has moved along with the start of the movement? Does one come before the other? Or do they appear at the same time? And why does it matter to observe them?
Quantum physics has proven that the observation of an object creates an environment in which the object being observed can change. As well as the observer. So, when we observe our movements, the possibility for change opens. When we observe our minds, the possibility for change opens there also. And as we come to understand the movement of our body and mind as a single phenomenon rather than two separate phenomena, as we observe the environment of the mindbody, the possibilities for change for the observer and the observed multiply exponentially.
That is why it’s important to learn to notice, to listen, to observe.
Photo by kevin turcios