Your innermost being

This is a reference from a bible story where Jesus asks a woman to draw him a drink from a well:

            "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

             He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said,

             'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.'"

                                               ~ John 7:37-38 


It seems to tie in with this "what's looking" theme.  "What's looking" is what you are, your essential being, your innermost being.  What that innermost being is, exactly, should merit further investigation, if the claim is that from this innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.  What could that mean?  How can one remain indifferent to this teaching?

What sees what's looking?

What is it that sees what sees?  
What is aware of being aware?
If your answer is "me", then what is "me"?  What am "I"?

This is not a philosophical exercise, this is not an infinite regression.  
The question simply points "inward", and invites you to look in that direction to see for yourself what you may honestly find.
It also may have the affect of quieting the mind, 
seeking to grasp where the sense of "I" comes from.
A quiet mind may show you're on the right path. Keep looking in that direction, quietly and earnestly.

We know intuitively, beyond doubt, that what-we-are  is  "what's looking".
Yet if we look for "what's looking", we can't see it -- it has no form -- it is invisible.  We can't even really "feel" it, because it is what illuminates any feelings.  Yet it is the most real and undeniable thing we know, this that is looking, from our innermost being.

We at least "know" it by virtue of "being" it.  We are it.  What's looking.
We can't stand apart from it, to see or know it objectively.  It is formless, and non-locatable -- we can't really pinpoint where it's coming from.  
See for yourself.

Looking for what's looking

"What we are
  looking for
  is what is looking."
         ~ St. Francis of Assisi

What's looking  is what you're looking for.  If you're a spiritual seeker, looking for that ultimate Truth that surpasses understanding, that Truth that will set you free, then look no further than "what is looking".  Look for that.
That brings it home, most intimately, because "what is looking" is you.
But what are "you" in essence?
You intuitively know that "what you are" is essentially "what's looking".
And that, "what's looking", is your "innermost being".  You feel it.
You can easily look and see for yourself and verify that at any time.
But what is it that is looking?  
What sees?  What hears? 
What "knows"?  What is "aware"?
It seems very obvious, maybe, very ordinary, so often overlooked.  So what?
We may think we already know what it is that's "looking" -- it's "me", of course, this body, isn't it?  Well, this blog is intended to be an exploration to carefully look into that, and to entertain the possibility that that may not really be the case, about what it really is that is looking.

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