What Decides?

What decides?
Or rather, what forms judgements: what likes and dislikes?

Pure consciousness (which is what we are) is the cognisant empty essence of mind (our being) that does not judge – it observes. It must be obvious that observation must come before a decision is made. Our problem is that we’re so used to judging everything that we miss that precious moment of pure perception. 

We have to judge to survive in this body so that it remains healthy, to give us time to contemplate and realise our reality, without distractions. 

Unfortunately, we love those distractions – they are our entertainment. We enjoy judging, and therefore lose objectivity and become subjective and fixated. This subjectivity forms the illusion of a self with its likes and dislikes; these mental images cause ignorance, which obscures pure objectivity. 

Judgements take place, depending on what memories we put into the mind. This is the birth of ego or I, but this identification needn’t be a permanent fixture. Meditation is the practice of letting go.

We cannot find that which decides. 
Consciousness only notes what is taking place.