When Awareness Recognizes Itself
At some point in life there may come an insight into reality. It happens when awareness, captivated by the illusion of being a separate person, unexpectedly experiences a deeper sense of self. When this glimpse occurs, when awareness finds itself, there is a recognition, a subtle revelation.
In that moment, the conditioned boundaries of being a separate self in the world seem to become somehow more porous, more open. The familiar, personal “me” is seen in a different context, more like a movement within a larger expanse of knowing. Mental constructs, though necessary and useful, are seen to veil the grand, unified reality.
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Awareness is the field in which all mental phenomena are known. Being open to the possibility that this field of awareness is unified allows something interesting to happen in our lives: there is a deepening sense of harmony, compassion, and peace.
This recognition leads to a direct experience of the fundamental essence out of which we are made: birthless, deathless awareness, the beholder of all that is.
What is this infinite awareness doing? Having a temporary experience as a finite mind.