Detaching from the details of “the illusion.”
Attaining the vantage point of the witness.
| p322 | As you process and label, as you decode and reassess the memories in your personal archives, you begin to see where you have traveled for the very first time. For it is rarely possible to see where one is from the vantage point of the illusion. Once you have distanced yourself from the circumstances of your personal past, you can recognize familiar territory in your present experience. Through the lens of the greater vision, the authenticity of the moment is clarified and categorized automatically. And one remembers, fondly, nearly identical scenes that escalated into fullblown episodes in which one’s ego presided at center stage. |