ACT · Self-as-Context
Observer Self — The Sky and the Weather
An ACT exercise for the part of you that watches
Your thoughts, feelings, roles, and memories are weather — they move through. The sky behind them doesn't. The sky is what you are.
The sky
The you that has been watching, all along.
The same you at five, fifteen, and now.
The weather
thoughtsfeelingsrolesmemoriessensationsmoodsstoriesurges
Drop in
What's the weather in you right now?
Notice who is noticing the weather. What's that like?
When was the first time you remember being aware of yourself?
The you doing that noticing — has it changed?
"I am not my thoughts. I am the one who has thoughts. I am not my pain. I am the place where pain happens — and where everything else does too."