Taking the Seat of the Buddha: Freeing the Mind

A three-step practice in presence and perspective

I want to offer you a simple practice—three steps, nothing complicated.
The steps are easy.
The hard part is showing up.

But if you do, something subtle and extraordinary begins to shift.
You stop living in the mind... and start living with it.

This is the beginning of what I call taking the seat of the Buddha—or what others might call the seat of the observer, or the soul self, or the unshakable self.
It is a return to your center. The part of you that watches, that knows, and that never gets swept away in the story.

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Step One: Sit in the Seat of the Observer

Set aside a few moments each day—two or three is enough to start.
Not to meditate. Not to control your thoughts.
But to watch them.

Just sit... and observe what the narrator in your mind is saying.
What’s it resisting?
What judgments are looping?
What moment are you not letting yourself fully live?

You’re not doing this to fix anything. You’re doing it to see.
To notice how often the mind is narrating your life instead of letting you live it.
That voice that says, This shouldn’t be happening.
That voice that rushes to label, reject, compare, or plan.

The truth is, most of our suffering doesn’t come from life itself—it comes from our mind’s resistance to it.

Step Two: Watch What the Mind Judges—and Ask Why

Not because the judgments are true or even important.
But because they reveal how the mind works.

What does your mind reject again and again?
What parts of life does it refuse to allow?
And what are the stories underneath that?

This isn't about digging into your past (though that may come later).
This is about noticing the patterns. With curiosity, not criticism.

Because once you see them, you have a choice.
You can continue reacting from them—or you can step back into that higher elevation, the seat of the Buddha, and choose differently.

Step Three: Let the Thoughts Exist Without a Thinker

Don’t try to stop your thoughts. Let them be.
But know that they are not you.
They’re just passing weather.

And when you sit in the seat of the Buddha, you realize—
You can let thoughts arise without chasing them.
You can let life move through you without gripping it.
You can be fully present without having to fix, change, or even explain.

Michael Singer calls this “letting life pass through you.”
And when you practice it, something incredible happens:
The mind softens. The heart awakens. And you stop resisting what is.

This is a three-day experience you can begin right now.
But it can also be a life practice.
A way of living that turns everything upside down—in the best way.

Because now, the mind no longer leads.
Consciousness leads. The heart leads. And the mind becomes what it was always meant to be: a helper. A servant. Not the master.

And I don’t mean heart in the sentimental sense—not affection or emotion.
I mean the presence of the heart. The spaciousness. The part of you that knows what’s real without needing to explain it.

When we live this way, we free the mind from its overwork.
From its constant hyper-vigilance.
From trying to run a whole life it's not built to lead.

This is how we come home to ourselves.
This is how we step out of survival... and into being.

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