Which Eyes Are You Looking With?

When we are alone in our private rooms, and there is nobody around, one can be tempted to say that the only one who is watching is us. But there is no one to watch, because we are alone. So we are watching no one, and no one is watching us.
Well, it depends.

Humans are collective beings, and we need the assistance of other humans to survive—especially when we are born. Then we might become more or less the social type. Still, our root is the dependence on those who take care of us. We experience someone else’s eye on us from the very beginning. Initially, these eyes nurture us. They pay attention to us. They are vigilant and extremely important.
Eventually, their power might transform into something else—especially once we are grown up.

Lately, the idea of being watched remains, because it is embedded in us. As humans, we have the power to mutate the characteristics of the being or thing that is watching. Someone might call it society, someone else may say it is the expectations of our parents, and another might say it is God. We choose the subject, and not vice versa. Consequently, it changes our reactions to who is watching.

Most of us experience the state of being under the attention of someone. It happens when we walk around in crowded places, or when we work with other people. Individuals always look at us, and we look around as an inevitable consequence of movement.

The right question to ask is:
Is the person thinking of us while watching us?
Is he or she actually creating a connection with us, or are we a mere background image that comes along with the rest of the picture?

That’s a good point. It may completely change our perspective if we realise that we don’t have to appear a certain way because someone is watching us.

Who is he, she, or it?
In what way is it watching?
Is it actually caring while watching?
Is there any form of exchange?

What if the one who is watching is ourselves? Is that possible?

Furthermore, can we actually remove all those concepts we got used to since school, and remain the only ones responsible for looking and watching ourselves?

Can we become completely independent and mature?