BEARING WITNESS

I’ve been thinking lately about this idea of being the witness to all I do. We live life—and as I often hear Maharishi’s words in my head, we don’t need to think too much about it—we just need to live it. So I am wondering, why is it that I feel this constant need to report on my life? Why can’t I just live it and then leave well enough alone?

If I knew the answer, I would not have to ask the question. But what comes to mind is that by being a reporter, and by considering the events that take place around us each day, we can make sense of our lives. This is how I learn—by observing and by questioning. As a result, my life becomes a story rather than just a life. And a story is something we can read, can make into a book that we can hold in front of us and look at. It becomes something we can consider—agree or not agree with. For me, doing this makes life easier to view, and as such, easier to deal with.