Just who are we?
That which we are is consciousness. Sometimes referred to as
awareness, presence, the natural state, the unconditioned mind, the Self
or the unborn, consciousness is simply that which perceives the words
on this page, that which hears the spoken word, that which perceives,
right now, the “world”, the “body” and the “mind”.
We have a tendency to complicate this issue. We tend to believe
that “awareness” is something mysterious, something that must be
obtained. Somehow, we have decided that consciousness is something that
must be sought through a difficult path of inquiry and practice. But,
this is simply not true.
Consciousness is directly under our noses. It allows us to
perceive everything that is, allows us to experience all of the objects
of awareness.
Are you conscious? Of course you are. So, now you have it: you
are consciousness. Your awareness of being conscious is what we refer to
when we talk of “consciousness becoming aware of itself”. Pretty simple
and, as it turns out, pretty profound.
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