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What is it to observe without the observer? || Acharya Prashant, on J. Krishnamurti (2014)
Acharya Prashant
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Disorder
Observer
Ego
Perspective
Attachment
J. Krishnamurti
Stillness
Relative Truth
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that disorder can only be recognized when the observer is still; otherwise, the perception of order and disorder is distorted. Using the analogy of a car driven by a drunk person, he illustrates that if two seats are moving together in a disorderly fashion, they will appear orderly to each other, while a stationary tree outside will appear mad or disorderly. The ego acts as its own center of the universe, viewing everything from its own biased perspective and invalidating its judgment of what is truly orderly. He further clarifies that choosing any specific center, whether it be a tree on Earth or a point on the moon, remains a relative and ego-driven act. Therefore, the only way to truly observe disorder is to have no center at all, which means having no personal interest, attachment, or predefined relationship with what is being seen. To see things as they actually are, one must not be anything and must observe without the interference of a central observer.