Guest guest Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I have been reading ACT books last year and it makes sense to me. I have been reading books about advaita and non-dual thinking last few months and they talk about " awakening " and I would like to ask you about this. If I understand, ACT considers two main kind of selves: -Conceptual self -Observer self (and streaming of consciousness) If I ask who am I, the conceptual self falls apart. It seems that I am the observer self. However, this observer self seems that depends entirely on the conceptual self (and thoughts, feelings, urges...). It seems the observer and observed depend each other and the observer cannot exist without the observed. So, who am I? It seems that deep down I am " nothing " and the other people are " nothing " as well. So, here I am, " nobody " writing to " nobody " ... It seems this " awaking " thing happens when people realize that deep down they are " nothing " . It is interesting because, if they are right, emotions, thoughts and urges " just happens " ...to nobody. They are floating around so to speak. If these people really believe this, they are in a state of extreme detachment (defusion) of everything (from themselves, from others and from the world), because we are one with others, the nature and the world. The side-effect " might be " an extreme sense of acceptation and peace. It seems like the " awaking " is like the ACT defusion, but with a step further. You defuse from your thoughts, your emotions, your urges, your conceptual self AND your observer self into the nothingness or the everythingfullness so to speak. I would like to know your opinion. Thank you. Alberto P.S. Sorry. I am not very good writing in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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