A child notices everything for what it is, or for more than what it is. I think this is what we did when we were children. We noticed the freshly mown grass for how it smelled, and for how even it looked. We did not yet have our minds on other things we could not see. A child will observe a cat and notice how very cat-like it is. The child will notice how this cat is different from other cats. A child will see things for what they are, because a child is truly watching. A person who still has some true feeling of himself will enjoy it when he notices a child watching like this.
When your mind is on things you cannot see, you cannot watch. When you notice and observe things for what they are, you become more yourself. As you grasp and recognize the nature or substance of things and people around you, you gain substance yourself. This happens when you survive a near-death experience, suddenly you begin watching and noticing everything in life. When you are a child you do this. When you are attentive to others and forget yourself, you become more yourself.
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