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Observe ... but don't absorb. What a timely phrase.

"Observe but don't absorb" is a mental technique that encourages awareness of what is happening around them, and at the same time prevents the person from getting drawn or controlled by what they see.

It's about being present and noticing what is happening (the sidelights and the lowlights included) without getting caught up in the intensity of feelings or the heart-wrenching drama that goes with it. He should not be emotionally entangled. It's a practice of emotional detachment that allows the person to maintain control and perspective.

Observing without absorbing means knowing every detail of the events that are playing live in real time, and you don't let it affect your equilibrium or emotional well-being.

If the person is weak, observation will take the person to the next step - absorption.

Absorption means that the eyes see, and although the mind may register the event details, the impressions of the event are actually ingested and swallowed into the depths of the mind, on both conscious and subconscious levels.

Just like the image above ... if you are a true blue Catholic... even if you are amid a bevy of Buddhist monks ... you can pretend and act like them, pray with them ... but being a devout Catholic, you manage to be emotionally detached - completely unattached, free and disconnected.

In the last election, the VP's senators, Go, Bato, and Marcoleta) miraculously squeezed in the highly contested Magic 12, and you know what that means - a Battle Royale is looming at the impeachment trial of the beleaguered Inday Sara.

This will be the test of wills ... the Battle between Good and Evil. It is a mammoth tug of war of forces on who among the senators will ACQUIT (because they are friends with Inday) .... and who will CONVICT.

"Observe but don't absorb" means even if you are in the middle of a political minefield, if your sanity is your priority, ignore all the pressures. And getting emotionally detached is the best option..

We often absorb what we observe. But here's the thing—learning to observe without absorbing is a skill that can transform your life. It's about being present, understanding what's happening, but not letting it swallow and drown you, and take over your emotional space.