{"id":14779,"date":"2016-08-30T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T17:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodymind.nl\/awareness-is-another-name-for-you"},"modified":"2016-08-30T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T17:25:29","slug":"awareness-is-another-name-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodymind.nl\/en\/thinking\/awareness-is-another-name-for-you","title":{"rendered":"Awareness is Another Name for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awareness is Another Name for You<\/span><\/h3>\n

Just so, by dis-engaging from identification with the stream of thought objects, a space is created for awareness to shine forth unobstructed. This is the purpose of meditation, releasing attention from the passing neural parade by being aware of being aware. In this way, attention can penetrate the surface layers where it typically resides and fall back into its source – the silent and aware, transparent and spacious essence of mind’s true nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ramana Maharshi<\/a> put it this way: “You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is, of the not-self. If one gives up being aware of them then pure awareness alone remains . . .”<\/span><\/p>\n

Through repeated practice of detachment from “other things,” the power of the mind to abide in its source increases. Thus, the spiritual endeavor in its most fundamental form is a process of letting go, surrender.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things, that is, of the not-self. If one gives up being aware of them then pure awareness alone remains . . .”
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