When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise.
Leonard JacobsonThe more awake you are, the less there is of you here. At the very deepest level of Presence, you have disappeared and only God is.
Leonard JacobsonThe very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence.
Leonard Jacobson