Phraxos

In self-awareness there is no need for confession, for self-awareness creates the mirror
in which all things are reflected without distortion. Every thought-feeling is thrown, as
it were, on the screen of awareness to be observed, studied and understood; but this flow
of understanding is blocked when there is condemnation or acceptance, judgment or
identification. The more the screen is watched and understood—not as a duty or enforced
practice, but because pain and sorrow have created the insatiable interest that brings its
own discipline—the greater the intensity of awareness, and this in turn brings heightened
understanding.

...You can follow a thing if it moves slowly; a rapid machine must be made to slow down if
one is to study its movements. Similarly, thoughts-feelings can be studied and understood
only if the mind is capable of proceeding slowly; but once it has awakened this capacity,
it can move at a high velocity, which makes it extremely calm. When revolving at high
speed the several blades of a fan appear to be a solid sheet of metal. Our difficulty is
to make the mind revolve slowly so that each thought-feeling can be followed and
understood. What is deeply and thoroughly understood will not repeat itself.

The Book of Life - June 21