Conscious awareness (consciousness) is impossible to
fully understand from the perspective of the ego. Psychologists and
neuroscientists are trying to find out a way to put it in a box but
they'll never be able to. It can be baffling. They are trying to turn
it into a concept.
Is consciousness a concept to you? Do
you just accept it without having any understanding of it? Let's do a
little experiment that might give you a better understanding. Let's
use a little imagination and some common sense. You can't do this
experiment when reading so I'm going to have you do it step by step
and after each step reopen your eyes and read the next step.
- Close your eyes and notice that you see nothing. Direct your attention to that nothing you see. It might be dark or whitish in a lit room.
- With your attention on that nothing you are seeing, imagine nothing about you exists except that which is perceiving that nothing. No thoughts. No mind. No body. No eyes.
- Do it again and find what is looking at that nothing you can clearly see and perceive.
This isn't complex and sometimes its
simplicity confuses people. What is seeing, experiencing and perceiving that
nothingness is simply your conscious awareness. That doesn't sound
all that profound does it? But hold on a minute, that is you being
aware of nothingness without an identity. Don't take it for granted.
It is profound. Your awareness is actually aware of nothing or nothingness.
- Now do it again and be aware of only that awareness which is seeing and perceiving that nothingness.
If your awareness became aware of the awareness and this is a new experience for you, then you might have just been aware of something besides thoughts or any stimuli from your senses for the first time in your life. Is there anything more fundamental to your existence that awareness can be aware of?
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