Observing Without Judgment – Training I

The less you steer, the sharper the field becomes visible. This applies to yourself, to others and to systems.

Three Short Observation Exercises

Choose one, or go through them quietly one after another.

Step 1

Reading a space

3–5 minutes

Sit or stand in a space (room, office, café). Let your gaze move around calmly, but try not to judge anything.

Ask yourself just one question: "How does this space feel?" Use words like light/heavy, quiet/busy, open/closed. No more than three words.

You're training your field sense here, not your interior criticism.

Step 2

Reading a conversation

5–10 minutes

Think back to a recent conversation. Instead of the content, you now only look at the dynamics.

When did it become quieter?
When did you feel tension?
When did it feel lighter?

Write down a maximum of five observations in neutral language: "here it became quiet", "here someone started talking faster", "here someone looked away".

Step 3

Reading yourself as field

3–5 minutes

Close your eyes and scan your body from top to bottom. Without changing anything.

Where is it busy? Where is it empty? Where does it feel warm, where cold? Filter out all explanations. Only signals.

This is I in action: registering without story. The rest will come later.

Do these exercises regularly and you'll notice that you feel tensions and incoherence much earlier – long before behavior shows it.