The Voice in Your Head Isn’t You: Discovering the Observer Within.
Have you ever stopped to notice the constant voice inside your mind?
The one that narrates, judges, worries, plans, criticizes, and replays moments from the past?
It speaks all day long — commenting on everything you see, everything you do, and everything you are.
And most of the time, we believe that voice is us.
But here’s the truth that changes everything:
If you can hear the voice in your head, then you are not the voice — you are the one who is aware of it.
🕊 The Endless Conversation in the Mind
The mind is like a restless storyteller.
It thrives on past and future — rarely present.
It will remind you of old mistakes, invent future fears, and compare your life to others.
And it does this because that is its nature — to think, to analyze, to protect.
The problem begins when we identify with it.
We start to believe every thought as truth.
“I’m not good enough.”
“They don’t like me.”
“What if I fail?”
Without realizing it, we become trapped inside the narrative — a prisoner of our own mind.
But when awareness awakens, something miraculous happens.
You begin to see the thoughts instead of being the thoughts.
A quiet space opens within you — the space of the observer.
🌤 You Are the Awareness Behind the Mind
The awareness that sees your thoughts is not burdened by them.
It simply observes — like the sky watching clouds drift by.
Thoughts come and go, emotions rise and fall, but awareness remains untouched, still, and vast.
That awareness is you.
It has always been there, quietly watching since the day you were born — through joy and pain, through gain and loss.
You have mistaken the changing for the constant, the voice for the listener.
The moment you realize this, an incredible peace enters your life.
You no longer take every thought personally.
You stop needing to fix or fight them.
You simply notice them — and they pass, like waves returning to the sea.
🌙 How to Observe Without Judgment
Start small.
When a negative thought appears, instead of reacting, pause and say silently:
“I see you.”
Then breathe.
That simple act shifts you from the role of thinker to observer.
You step out of the noise and into presence.
The more you do this, the more you experience moments of stillness — the kind that cannot be shaken by circumstances.
This is where true power begins — in awareness, not thought.
🌸 Reflection
Ask yourself gently:
- What thoughts keep repeating in my mind lately?
- Do they define me, or am I the one witnessing them?
- Who am I when I stop identifying with the voice — even for a moment?
Sit with these questions in silence.
Feel the stillness behind your thoughts.
That stillness is you.
By Arielle Hart