Afonso

Following Leo's Guide On How To Meditate Deeper

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So, 60 days ago I watched Leo's video:

I already went through Stage 1 and 2, and I'm now entering Stage 3 but I'm still confused to what I'm supposed to do.

In stage 2 I would notice thoughts arising and then refocus on the void. Now, in Stage 3 I'm supposed to Put awareness on awareness itself and Open to the question "What is awareness?". I'm still not clear as what this is.

I would appreciate some feedback! Thanks :D

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1 hour ago, Afonso said:

What is awareness?

Awareness means that the total mind has become aware. Now the old mind is not there but there is the quality of being conscious. Awareness has become the totality; the mind itself is now part of the awareness. We cannot say that the mind is aware; we can only meaningfully say that the mind is conscious. 
     Awareness means transcendence of the mind, so it is not the mind that is aware. It is only through transcendence of the mind, through going beyond mind, that awareness becomes possible. 
     Consciousness is a quality of the mind, awareness is the transcendence; it is going beyond the mind. Mind, as such, is the medium of duality, so consciousness can never transcend duality. It is always conscious of something, and there is always someone who is conscious. So consciousness is part and parcel of the mind, and mind, as such, is the source of all duality, of all divisions – whether they are between subject and object, activity or inactivity, consciousness or unconsciousness. Every type of duality is mental. Awareness is nondual, so awareness means the state of no mind. 

 In awareness you lose the witness and only witnessing remains: you lose the doer, you lose the subjectivity, you lose the egocentric consciousness. Then consciousness remains, without the ego. The circumference remains without the center. 
     This circumference without the center is awareness.

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