The Inner Expansion

In this week, something new awakens:
a capacity to observe oneself from outside, across time.

We begin to develop the inner faculty of life overview.
And with it, the courage to truly see—without haste, without harshness.

The more we do this, the less we are prisoners of immediacy.
A space opens up,
where choice, clarity, and compassion can begin to live.

The Practice of Reverse Thinking

Before going to sleep:

  • Replay the day, from end to beginning.
  • See yourself acting in the world—without judgment, just observation.
  • Start with the most recent moment, then slowly move back.

Example:

You lie in bed. You see yourself brushing your teeth.
Then you see the moment before that.
Then dinner. Then the walk. Then the phone call.
You unfold the whole day—in reverse.

This trains the etheric body—the body of life and memory.
And it strengthens the clarity and freedom of the "I".

Expanding the Frame

With time, you can:

  • Review the past two or three days.
  • Reflect on the week as a whole.
  • Even recall a month, or the past year, from this same quiet place of witness.
  • Revisit the seven-year period you are in.

You might also:

  • Keep a small journal,
  • Read entries backward from time to time,
  • Notice themes, repetitions, patterns—and growth.

Inner Seeing, Not Inner Blame

This is not a hunt for guilt.

You may see things that bring shame, or wasted time, or unmet moments.

But you may also see:

  • Unrecognized strengths,
  • Quiet victories,
  • Events that were formative though painful,
  • And choices that now reveal a higher meaning.

Let insight arise. Let blame fall away.

On Judging Less

As we learn to see ourselves with greater clarity,
we are invited to judge less impulsively—others and ourselves.

When emotion rises—pause.

  • Wait a few moments, or an hour if possible.
  • Let the reaction settle.
  • Often, a new insight appears in the space left open.
  • Give your angel time to work.
“What you do to the world, you do to yourself.
What you do to yourself, you do to the world.”

This is the beginning of moral imagination.

Orientation

What in your life is essential, durable, true?

What is ephemeral, passing, not worth clinging to?

Learn to distinguish—not with coldness, but with care.

This clarity becomes strength.

Inner Mantra

“I gather myself back from time’s river.
I see not to accuse, but to illumine.
The ‘I’ remembers, and through remembering, begins to redeem.”

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Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux)
Founder of Seeing Beyond, a research initiative focused on spiritual science, living cognition, and the threshold experiences of modern life. Here we weave together field inquiry, philosophical clarity, and a reverence for the real.