If You Can Observe Your Thoughts, Who Are You? The Seer and the Seen

You say, “I’m anxious.”You say, “I’m angry.”You say, “I’m confused.”But if you can notice your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and reactions,who is noticing them?In this episode of Decoding U, we explore a powerful distinction from an ancient Indian philosophical tradition: the Seer and the Seen.Everything you experience is constantly changing- your thoughts, emotions, body, memories, personality, and even your sense of “I.But what is aware of all these changes?Rather than asking you to believe an idea, this episode invites you to investigate it directly.What happens when you stop saying “I am anxious” and begin noticing “anxiety is present”?What happens when you can experience an emotion completely without allowing it to define who you are?And could there be a difference between what you experience and that which is aware of the experience?We'll explore this through the simple image of a cinema screen and the movie playing upon it and bring the inquiry into situations you actually encounter: criticism, success, failure, fear, anxiety, and emotional reactions.This isn't about suppressing emotions or becoming detached from life. It's about learning to observe what is happening within you without immediately becoming itI'm Jyoti Khatri, and this is Decoding U -A space where timeless wisdom helps us make sense of modern life.A question to carry with you:What is changing within me right now and what is aware of that change?