“You are not the storm. You are the sky that watches it pass.”
Thoughts will come. Loud. Repetitive. Urgent.
They will tell you stories. They will replay fears. They will try to convince you that *you* are the noise.
But you are not the mind. You are the one who sees the mind.
The witness. The awareness. The sky behind the storm.
This is not just poetic metaphor — it is direct truth. The more you identify with the watcher, the less the mind can entangle you.
You can be with sadness without being consumed by it. You can see fear without letting it drive. You can watch the mind spin without losing yourself inside it.
This is your power.
You are not broken. You are aware. And that awareness changes everything.
Sit quietly with your eyes open or closed. Notice your thoughts, but don’t follow them. Each time one arises, label it: “thinking” — then return to the breath. Do this for 10 minutes.
Throughout the day, pause when emotion arises. Ask: Who is noticing this? Return to the one who sees.
Mina C. “Realizing I wasn’t my thoughts saved me. It gave me space to breathe again. Now, when anxiety hits, I step back and observe. And that changes everything.”
Awareness is not something you gain — it’s what you are.