Acharya Prashant explains that common notions of witnessing or awareness often resemble playing a policeman or a spy, which keeps one trapped in dualistic consciousness. He argues that the eye cannot look at itself, and similarly, the ego cannot truly watch itself. Most attempts at 'watching' the ego are merely forms of interference, judgment, and participation. Real witnessing, he clarifies, involves no motive, purpose, or interest; it is a state of total disinterest where one realizes that the drama of existence leaves no residue and offers nothing to be grabbed. This state of being disinterested is synonymous with love, where one is so absorbed in the beloved or the truth that the world no longer acts as a temptation or a destination. He further explains that the ego should not be dissolved or killed, as it is one's only contact with the divine and is not separate from God. Just as waves are not different from the ocean, the ego is an expression of Brahman. Trying to drop the ego is unintelligent because the ego itself is an opportunity to find the whole. True witnessing is so subtle that the witness is unaware of their own witnessing; if one knows they are witnessing, they are still in duality. In this state, one does not gather information or details but knows the essenceāthat nothing in the world deserves deep interest or needs to be known. Witnessing is ultimately a state of super-consciousness where one knows nothing because they are already fulfilled.
