[maryhillMember]

As I’ve gotten deeper into my practice, I also note questions when I’m not in a formal sit like “Who is aware of this?” And “Who sees this?”. They naturally arose when my teacher (Culadasa teacher in training) let us know about the interconnectedNess of all life and “no self”.
Fortunately, I saw a movie called “”What the Bleep do we know?” Many years ago, and understood that physicists are asking the same questions. I trained in cognitive neuroscience many years ago as an undergrad, and never lost my interest in science. Many physicists are connecting spirituality with physics and that reassures me that it’s not just all woo woo. To answer that question for yourself may take some time. Good questions to ask! I honestly can’t articulate my response. I will tell you that as a scientist there is more and more evidence that all life is connected. And that the life force in me perceives through the senses and in meditative experiences, both on and off the cushion, an “interconnected ness.

Walking meditation is a practice I now do each day, outside, before my formal stationery meditation. It seems to wake up the part of me that perceives interconnected ness and prepares me more for the patience to be stationery. I do some yoga after the walk.
I hope this is readable. Typing on a tiny phone and can’t see the words as they type.
I am only following Culadasa’s teachings in “The Mind Illuminated”

[maryhillMember]

Thanks for the replies. What surprised me is that although I am in Stage 2, that the subtle energies came through as soothing and reassuring. As a way of my unconscious and/or subconscious responding to my need for soothing and comfort.

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