Heads Everywhere and Nowhere

A further experiment in headlessness

For some time, I couldn't reconcile Harding's teachings with the fact that I could feel my head. It seemed pretty obvious, on present evidence as Harding would say, that something was sitting on top of my shoulders. When doing Harding's spectacles experiment, for example, the spectacles would eventually collide with something solid which seemed to be a head. Here's an experiment for those of you who share my hard-headedness.

1. Close your eyes.

2. Hold out your left hand and make a fist. Focus attention on your fist. Now touch it with your other hand. Feel free to explore with your sense of touch.

3. Now touch the arm or seat of your chair. Give it a good feel.

4. Now touch your supposed head. Is there any difference in where these three feelings (touch experiences) occur? Is your head any more at the center of your being than the arm of your chair or your fist?

5. The evidence suggests to me that all these feelings occur in the same space. I either claim all touch experiences as my head or none of them. I'm either multi-headed or headless.

6. Just reading this won't make any sense. You have to do the experiment.

harding experiment

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