"If the idea-of-self is quieted for a moment, “full alertness” means something quite different than self-engaged mindfulness. In the absence of a watcher, awareness emerges fully and inclusively. The key understanding is that the sense-of-self did not “make this happen,” and therefore “I” cannot make myself “fully alert.”"
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<a href="https://amazon.com/s?k==Touching+the+Infinite+Rodney+Smith"><em><b>Touching the Infinite</b></em></a> page 129
—Rodney Smith