Looking Within? … Look Out!

Twisting truth.

We are told to look within to ‘find ourselves’, either as an introspection or to discover our true reality. This is a misguided misunderstanding of the process. That which is within is looking out; it’s conscious awareness, just being aware. In pure conscious awareness, there is nothing to look into as there are no features.

Even when we’re looking at the reactions in the mind, it is still conscious awareness that sees those words and pictures. When that which is within looks out, reacts and is captured by thoughts, this obscures what’s within. This obscuring is our dream state, and it’s important to acknowledge this.

Carl Jung said, “When we look out, we are dreaming. When we look within, we are awake.” When this is observed in practice, however, it is seen to be incorrect. We are that which is looking out, and this is consciousness.

Looking within is counter-productive.
Noticing the reactions and behaviour that obscure looking out is enlightening.
Just seeing is our reality.

Look, see, drop … all attachments.

Reality is not in looking within.
Reality is that which is looking out.