This is a post by a friend of mine.

By Mattie Enjoy

Developing our distanced observer or witness skills is beneficial for our spiritual growth. Distanced observer uses self awareness & discernment to make empowering choices. It can be applied to countless situations in daily life. Using distanced observer is to provide a bit of useful separation for self to discern & consider before reacting to a situation or taking in energies from the energy environment (all external energies). This is one of the first ways we begin to actively manage our energies. Automatically reacting to the inconsequential drama is dis-empowering, lowers our frequency, wastes our time, is distracting, & likely results in having to use releasing procedures to discharge negative energy from our energy field. Giving self a split instant for assessment before reacting is empowering as it instantly places us in charge of actively using our innate wisdom, assessing what warrants a reaction & how we respond. Being a distanced observer isnt about being disengaged, reducing desirable emotion, or interaction, but about recognizing the insignificant matters that dont merit wasting our energy. This conscious editing improves our ability to connect authentically w/ our self & others by intentionally taking charge. Declining to lower our frequency w/ emotional reactions to trivial drama makes it progressively easier to be positive, focus on meaningful issues, & increase & maintain a desired frequency. Developing distanced observer discernment is useful in managing our energies as we determine what energy we allow in to the sovereignty of our personal energy field. Whether we realize it or not we actively allow/invite/choose the energy we allow into our personal energy field. It is often discussed how to protect our self from negative energies, but the real question is why do we so willingly giving up our power & sovereignty to others, allowing their energies into our personal energy field? Distanced observer is very useful energetic separation when empathizing w/ others as the objective is to fully appreciate their position w/o actually making their energies ours. Developing our distanced observer skills is a learned process that anyone can achieve. Persevere & KNOW that you will progressively develop this the more you actively use it. As we develop our distanced observer skills & establish energetic sovereignty previous drama that we would have allowed to disrupt our energies becomes something that we observe, even when we consider it appropriate to engage in it, but keep it separate from disrupting our energies.

In exploring the metaphysical/spiritual subjects we often come across information that is unfamiliar or about which we have questions. Some of it is worthwhile while other information is inept or even irresponsible fear mongering. When reviewing information from any source, regardless of who the source is said to be (earthly or not) or how knowledgeable they claim to be, distanced observer is useful to give self the appropriate separation to fully consider it prior to accepting its energy. If it contains any negative, dis-empowering, or fear generating component or imparts a feeling of anxiety or feeling less than in any way it is dubious it is from an enlightened source. Information about which were not sure can be put in a mental under consideration type of file to remain there as long as necessary. As distanced observer is used, we become accustomed to managing our energy field until this is a natural part of our thought process. This technique is one of the ways that we begin to actively manage our energies, evolving energetically. Taking 100% responsibility for our energies is a necessary step in our energetic/spiritual growth process.