Interplay
Thoughts grow and change over time in the same way that a planted seed forms roots, appears above ground, grows, and changes.
Consciousness is born of uncertainty.
In a completely predictable world, we wouldn’t need it, and the light of consciousness would probably blink out.
Yet although it is uncertainty that awakened us, we find living with it difficult, so we reach for theories that promise an explanation.
By one recent count, there are no fewer than 22 of them in the field of cognitive science.
A World Appears (2026) by Michael Pollan
Something Eckart Tolle said keeps resonating: our thoughts and feelings are just conditioned narratives, but our real self is the WATCHER of our thoughts and feelings. Our real, eternal self is the aware presence.
Yes, Eckart Tolle suggests we become aware of the “silent watcher”.