When we gain detachment from our own thinking process, we are able to be separate from our own obsessive and neurotic thinking. We can watch our thoughts in a dispassionate manner. We can be a witness to our own emotional and mental processes. When we cultivate this habit of mind, we are provided with a wonderful opportunity to learn about what makes us tick. Getting lost in every thought we have leads us away from self. There is no greater teacher than that of our own internal witness. When we look at the way in which we think, we can begin to self-define; to separate from who we have been programmed to be and make choices as to who we wish to become.
We dis-identify by observing. Instead of being absorbed by sensations, feelings, desires, thoughts, we observe them objectively without judging them, without interfering with them in any way. We see them as distinct from us, as if we were looking at a landscape. We calmly observe from a detached viewpoint. ~ Piero Ferrucci
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