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“WHAT IS AWARENESS?”

Awareness is neither a special “state” for “you” (“I”) to attain, nor is it something that must be sought out to be found.

On the contrary, it is what remains after the false self—that “you” as the narrative of “I”—has been completely stripped away through the revelation of facts (such as the unconscious assumptions and beliefs) by clarity.

Furthermore, awareness is entirely distinct from the “self-awareness” or “conscious mind” within the mind (“I,” thought, ego).

It is ever-present deep beneath the narrative of “you” (the “I”) that plays incessantly within the mind; as letting go of the stubborn belief that “this is me,” for instance, awareness—with clarity of the innermost stillness—naturally liberated itself from beneath by such the belief of the layers that had obscured it.

Spiritual awakening is not something the mind (the “I,” thoughts, or the ego) can claim ownership of, nor is it about demonstrating to others how “you” achieved it, or convincing them to understand or accept “your” interpretations. Naturally, it can never become an “achievement” or an “experience” that belongs to “you.”

It is impersonal—unconfined by the individual, time, or place—and is felt as an infinite expanse. It is ever-present as a quiet serenity and an openness that offers no resistance to reality as it is; it involves no judgment, comparison, or definition of anything as “good” or “bad” by relative duality.

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Realizing the “Self” is neither philosophy nor religion. Nor does it mean the “correct” memorization or application of the words of sages, in duality.

What is required is to turn attention inward and first be aware of what is unfolding within there—observing, for instance, how “I” claim ownership of—or react reflexively to—emotions, thoughts, memories, projections, interpretations, and experiences, and noticing the extent to which “you” as the narrative of the “I” is consumed by that sense of being the “doer.”

That is the starting point.

Next, using simple questions born of childlike curiosity—such as “Where did it come from?”—as a springboard, awareness must trace each of them back to its source.

In such self-observation and self-inquiry, although the term “self” is used, the “I” is, in reality, absent.

Alternatively, even if interpretations, opinions, or judgments by the “I” arise within the mind, awareness needs to recognize them and ignore, that is, let them appear and disappear—through directly recognition of the fundamental difference in dimension between them and awareness, or sensing their no alignment with Divinity—not by the mind (“I,” thought, ego) to make such judgments.

While practice is required, simultaneously, at the level of the Divine, awareness is constantly observing everything in stillness, unaffected by any confusion whatsoever.

Thus, duality and non-duality exist superimposed upon the same space and the same manifestation in some sence—however, the duality is perceieved by the mind (“I,” thought, or ego) within the field of impersonal consciousness, on the contrary, the non-duality is divine consciousness, its wholeness.

Naturally, the truth is something the mind (“I,” thought, ego)—which claims to grasp it intellectually and conceptually—can neither understand nor touch.

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By means of seeing through the facts, such as falseness or unfounded with the clarity of the innermost stillness, dismantle and inevitably let go—effortlessly—of all that is false (the narrative of “I,” “my” desires, expectations, assumptions, beliefs, the sense of ownership over experiences as “mine,” attachment to memories, and so on), one by one. (OM 🙏)