Mindfulness/Meditation: Noting, Witnessing, and Daniel Ingram’s agencylessness

Just a quick note today that the “noting” and “witnessing” styles of meditation are basically the same.

When you practice noting, you note everything the body does as it’s doing it, so as the body does things you say walking, picking up, hearing, etc.

Similarly, when you practice witnessing — in the Ram Dass witnessing style — as you do things throughout the day you say or think, “the body is walking”, “the body is picking up a fork”, etc.

Lastly, the image I share here is from a book by Daniel Ingram where he discusses the logical conclusion of these practices. Whether you want to think of “your self” as a soul, awareness, consciousness, or some other term, you truly do observe the body as a separate entity.