Witness Awareness in the Gym

In a high-intensity group gym class, you push your body to the limit.

Not slowly. Not gently. Bit hard, like you are fighting for your life in a jungle.

That point where your lungs burn, your legs shake, and your mind has no spare energy left.

There is only breath.

And pressure.

That is when something shifts. You can’t fully catch your breath, but you keep going anyway. Thinking stops. Not because you try to stop it there’s just no room for it anymore.

The mind goes quiet.

You look around.

People are just… people.

No judgment.

No attraction.

You witness bodies breathing, moving and struggling, just like you. You see similar bodies with the same goal, forming a connected web.

You grow awareness.

But you’re not attached to any of it.

This is the witness state.

You’re watching yourself push. Watching others do the same. A connected room, sharing one effort, one rhythm, one goal.

When you see people including yourself with no judgment, no attraction, no thought just as they are, that’s witnessing.

You’re no longer inside the noise.

You’re standing just behind it.

It feels strangely Calm.

The witness state is not peaceful because life is easy, peaceful because the mind stopped interfering.

The witness state is the beginning of something greater, a non-dual awareness where the boundary between “me” and “others” becomes blurred.

When you observe all as connected.

When separation has no meaning.

Experiencing this state can happen towards the end of a marathon or during deep meditation. It’s a place where worries fade away, and people are not seen as roles or objects but as parts of a bigger picture. It’s almost like observing life from God’s view.

“Everything we see is just a thought inside a single, infinite consciousness.” – Principals of Mentalism