“Not Born of Earth, Not Bound by Sky — I Am That Which Watches Both”

 “Not Born of Earth, Not Bound by Sky — I Am That Which Watches Both”

— The Seer Awakens: Rishi Vamadeva and the Untethered Self

Before labels.
Before body.
Before even breath—there was watching.
There was that quiet presence that saw the world arise like a ripple, and remained untouched.

In one of the most transcendent realizations in Vedic wisdom, Rishi Vamadeva doesn't identify himself with the earth that bore his form, nor with the sky that hosts the gods.

He declares:
“Not born of Earth, not bound by Sky — I am that which watches both.”

🌌 What Does It Mean to “Watch Both”?

This is not escapism.
This is embodied transcendence.

Vamadeva’s voice didn’t float away into abstraction. It stood still, like the center of a storm.

• The Earth is form — your body, routines, habits, matter.

• The Sky is freedom — your thoughts, desires, dreams, and cosmic aspirations.

Most of us are either buried in the earth of our duties or lost in the sky of our fantasies.

But Vamadeva stood where few dare to look —
at the awareness that is neither confined by body nor carried by thought.

The Seer who sees even seeing itself.

🌀 A Divergent Spiritual Truth: You Are Not What You Experience

We often define ourselves by what we go through:

“I am tired.”
“I am inspired.”
“I am overwhelmed.”
“I am evolving.”

But Rishi Vamadeva’s insight cuts deeper:

You are not tiredness, or growth, or feeling.
You are the one who knows these things as they pass.

Just like Earth holds you and Sky surrounds you—
You hold both, without being either.

This is not detachment.
It’s sovereign presence.

🔱 You Are Not Affected — You Are Aware

To live this truth is to stand in the middle of life without being swallowed by it.

You are:

• Not the clay, but the consciousness that shapes it.

• Not the air, but the stillness that knows its dance.

• Not your name, not your journey, not your beliefs—
  but the unseen seer behind the scene.

This is not philosophy.
This is liberation before liberation.

When you realize this, even suffering bends to you—because you are no longer in it.
You are watching it come and go like clouds over a sacred peak.

🧘🏽 Vamadeva’s Practical Toolkit: Awakening the Inner Witness

To realize this untethered awareness, we must train ourselves to rest in what is unshakable.
Here are 4 simple but radical practices to help you watch, witness, and awaken.

1. 🪶 “I Am That” Morning Centering (2 minutes)

Right after waking, sit or stand still.
Say aloud or inwardly:
“I am not the body waking up. I am not the thoughts that rise. I am that which watches both.”
Feel this like a return, not a task.
Begin the day from soul, not schedule.

2. 👁️ Micro-Moments of Witnessing (Anytime Practice)

Set an hourly chime or random reminder.
When it goes off, ask yourself:

“What am I aware of right now?”

Do not analyze.
Just notice: “I’m feeling…” or “I’m thinking…”
Then say silently:
“And I am watching all of it.”

This builds the muscle of non-reactive consciousness.

3. 🌀 Sky-Gazing Silence (Weekly Ritual – 10 minutes)

Lie down and look at the open sky.
Don’t speak. Don’t label clouds. Don’t pray. Just look and let go.
After 5 minutes, close your eyes and feel:
“I am not the sky. I am that which even the sky appears within.”

This disidentifies you from limitation without disconnecting you from life.

4. 🕯️ Evening Reflection: Earth and Sky Log (5 mins)

Ask:

• “Where today was I too heavy (earth-bound)?”

• “Where was I too scattered (sky-lost)?”

• “Where did I remember I’m neither?”

Note these in a journal.
This reflection returns you to center — the eternal observer.

🪔 Final Reflection: You Are the Silence that Remains After All Else Speaks

The earth will call you back to duties.
The sky will call you up to dreams.
But your true Self calls you to neither.

It doesn’t ask for control.
It invites you to remember.

To be the one that sees both,
without clinging to either.

Rishi Vamadeva’s voice is not ancient—it’s alive in you.

So when the world pulls you too low or too high…
Pause.
Breathe.
And whisper:

“I am not born of earth. I am not bound by sky.
I am that which watches both.”

That… is your true position.
That… is your unshakable light.