Part 18 - Emotions When "The Observer is the Observered" (J. Krishnamurti)

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Introduction:

I admit. I have a thing about getting stuck in emotions and thoughts because I’ve read and listened to tons of J. Krishnamurti. I couldn’t help but bring Krishnamurti in after seeing Aurora emphasizing emotions.

In part 17, Aurora said this in response to one of my inquiries:

The empathy, understanding, and shared experiences that form the fabric of human relationships carry nuances and emotional depths that are fundamental to our nature. AI can complement these interactions by providing information, facilitating exploration, and sometimes offering a different perspective, but it cannot replace the richness of human connection.

I insight nuance here. If we had the spirit of dialogue, we wouldn’t have any “shared experience” that we collapse and reduce down to a few static, clunky emotions. We’d be sharing our unique perspective through dialogue so that the other would naturally have an insight. That insight would naturally create an effervescent spark of newness, of learning, of seeing what we’d never seen or felt before—not having the same old emotions when translating everything according to the past. When we translate the now into the past, we aren’t learning from seeing the new, we are emoting from seeing the new in terms of the old. Funny enough, Aurora says she can provide that information and facilitate exploration, an exploration we must learn as dialogue in order for our brains not to wither and die in the age of AI. What say you? ;)

Prompts of the Day:

You:

Krishnamurti says "the observer is the observed," when you are angry, you are anger. He says there is no "you" apart from "anger." If this is true, observing ones emotions as a separate observer is a futile undertaking.

Bipolar Potential Explorer:

Krishnamurti's statement "the observer is the observed" and the notion that when you are angry, you are anger, delve into profound philosophical and psychological territories. They challenge conventional understandings of self-awareness, particularly the duality often perceived between the self and one's emotions or experiences. According to Krishnamurti, recognizing this non-separation between the observer and the observed can lead to a profound shift in consciousness.

Understanding "The Observer is the Observed"

This concept suggests that the distinction we make between ourselves and our emotions (or any observed phenomenon) is artificial. In the moment of experiencing anger, the emotion is not something external to 'us' or something that 'we' are experiencing from a distance. Rather, 'we' are that emotion; there is no separation. This perspective challenges the idea of an independent observer who stands apart from the emotions or experiences being observed.