Field Note 002
What you feel is information.
What you think it means is a separate question.
The Noticing InstituteWhat is this sensation telling you?
Sometimes the first thing you notice isn't a thought. It's a tightening, a restlessness, a warmth, a heaviness.
A sensation can tell you something is happening without telling you what it means. Those are two separate questions.
You don’t have to change anything. Just notice.
HypothesisThere is more happening right now than you were noticing a moment ago.
Try itYour body is talking. You don’t have to understand it yet.
HypothesisBodily sensations carry information — but the sensation itself doesn’t automatically tell you what it means.
Try itWhat you feel is information.
What you think it means is a separate question.
You noticed something here. Want to get curious about something else?