UNSEEN SEER

You are the unseen seer.   In a series of lectures on the ancient text Drg Drsya Viveka:  An Inquiry into the Nature of the Seer and the Seen, Swami Sarvapriyananda explains how this is so.

The seer and the seen are separate, subject and object.  Your eyes see the outside world.  The eyes are singular, while the outside world is many, i.e. many colors, shapes, sizes, etc., and is ever changing.
 
The eyes cannot see themselves.  It is the mind that sees the eyes.  Here, the eyes are many, i.e. good vision, poor vision, open, closed, sleepy, scratchy, etc., and are ever changing.
 
But the mind does not see itself.  It can reflect upon itself, called introspection, but it does not see itself, as from a distance.  Here, the mind is the many, i.e. many thoughts, emotions, moods, etc., and is ever changing.

Pure consciousness, also termed the witnessing consciousness, is what sees the mind.  Again, the seer and the seen are separate, subject and object.  Here, the witnessing consciousness is one thing, the mind many things.
 
However, unlike the outside world, the eyes, and the mind, the witnessing consciousness is constant, unchanging.  You are this witnessing consciousness; it is your true identity.  You are the unseen seer.