Is it he or is it I that experience this?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It is unclear whether the experience belongs to the observer or the observed.
- In plain terms
- Who is experiencing this feeling?
- What can you take from it?
- Question the source of your experience.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you the observer or the observed?
- Where does your experience begin?
Another view
It assumes experience must be divided between two entities.
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