In this episode, I discuss awareness and presence in greater depth. I begin the episode by reading a wonderful talk by Craig Hamilton which was posted as an audio, with transcript, on his website IntegralEnlightenment.com. It was posted on 12/18/2020 and is called "Opening to the Mystery of Consciousness: An Experiential Journey". I ask listeners to follow Craig's guidance into an exploration of awareness. But his article emphasizes why we experience awareness as something mysterious because "we have no idea how or why or even where it it's happening". But he explains that most of us go through life experiencing awareness as always focused on things, but a breakthrough - an awakening - can come if we can become aware of awareness itself. That is when we begin to awaken to our true nature beyond the mind, concepts, and ego stories -- and that is our Infinite Self, and which I recognize as the source of all awareness and knowing. Then, I walk the listener through the process of going deeply into the body again in order to experience inner body awareness and some level of presence. And finally, I talk about awareness and why you want to practice being aware more of the time. One definition of awakening is being fully present (aware without thought) continuously or most of the time.
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