“Witnessing”
“Claire began to live her life in an unusual manner: She realized that the daily activities that took up her time, the eating, studying, playing, and sleeping, existed not as whole and distinct in themselves, but as ripples on the surface of a vast ocean of Being. She started to feel as if she were an actress performing on the stage of daily life, saying her lines on the right cue, moving stage left when the directions called for her to do so. Not that she was faking her behavior, for she wasn’t. But that she, her inner Essence, seemed removed from the words and actions that she spoke and took. It was as if her life was unfolding effortlessly without her involvement.” (from “Palace of Perfect Wisdom”)