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.