I’ve seen two of the recent 3-D movies and they reminded me of something. I don’t see in 3-D very often, almost never! I wonder if some of the thrill of 3-D in these movies is that seeing in three dimensions is a rare occurrence in our everyday life and the in-your-face aspect of the 3-D scenes really brings our attention to dimensionality. How soon will it be that the novelty wears off, and we don’t see the 3-D of 3-D movies?
When I interrogate my experience I realize I mostly see in zero dimensions, because I’m taken by the inner chatter that we laughingly call thinking. When my attention is pulled by something outside of me, when there is a single object focused on, I see in one dimension and at best I see in two dimensions.
Only when I have the experience of being present to my own body and present to what is outside of me, in other words, only when I remember myself, does the third dimension appear. To paraphrase Gurdjieff, everything becomes more vivid. In Gurdjieff’s terminology I move from the 2nd state of consciousness, waking state, to the third state of consciousness, self-remembering.
Right now, am I aware of my body, and the screen, and the space between?
Am I in 3-D?
For a much deeper look at what is behind this see the Present at the Creation essay at the Gurdjieff-Legacy website.
Happy to have your feedback.
Posted by: David | 05 May 2010 at 11:26 AM
Interesting approach to the idea of "Self remembering".
I think I will follow along if you don't mind? I am always interested in what followers of the "work" have to say.
Thank you for sharing
Eso
Posted by: Esoman | 05 May 2010 at 07:22 AM