राम
Awareness & Attention

Who Confirms ‘I Am Aware’?

2019-11-21|55:02-57:05|Watch on YouTube

Awareness is the irreducible presence that knows itself - it needs no confirmation from any other source because it is the very ground of knowing.

One of the simplest pointers is ‘Are you Aware now?’ [Silence] Are you Aware now? And this Awareness is going to be the only discovery which is not conceptual or perceptual. It is that simple. And here it does not have to be pointed out, that this primal witnessing is your own Self. Beyond your Being and not Being, your absolute Reality is so simple and original and innocent. Are you Aware now? tiow is this Awareness confirmed or known? Is there anything besides itself which confirms itself? Is there any confirmation even necessary? If your mind is asking ‘So what or what now?’ - It is trying to put the same Awareness into the linear story of your individual life. So it is the best if you can forget about ‘So what and what now?’ Remember that the Truth has nothing to do with the false and it is no guarantee of helping the false. So, don’t expect life to change in any way and this was probably the most popular teaching of Krishna, isn’t it? Don’t worry about the outcome. And yet what happens to the spiritual seeker? All… every, spiritual seeker knows this and yet we are constantly worried about the spiritual outcome. Am I free yet? Am I getting it yet? What is most apparent to you? [Silence] Most apparent to you… Don’t be scared to look at in this direction and don’t conclude that you already know this.

Key Teachings

  • The sense of 'I am aware' points to consciousness itself as the knower, not a object to be known
  • The question 'who is aware?' reveals awareness as the fundamental subject that witnesses all experience
  • There is no separate 'knower' apart from awareness - awareness is self-evidently present
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From: You Are the Treasure You Are Looking For - 21st November 2019