AWhereness

[Frank Molignano]

Hello everyone,

I was recently contemplating the thought of being aware and also recognizing that everything is free awarness. Must one be aware of everything to truly accept it as it is, and reap the benifits of limitless awareness? It's not hard for me to imagine an incredibly aware human existing within awareness, but at the same time allowing his body to fall victim to natural laws that seemingly apply.

I look at it as if it were the sims ... the video game. Awareness would exist as the controller of the game able to change entire environments, emotions, situations, you name it you can do it. We as humans have only know to see things through these robotic programed eyes that have a very tunnle vision approach to life. So, if you recognize that you are the controller of all, and awareness itself you can seemingly abandon the body we've been born into. You can live life from above, a seemingly third person view of everything. The body that you now watch can be manipulated by using that power of awareness, the body may trip over rocks, but can never be taken from what's been realized. I think this example goes with a post of Bentinho's where he quoted a enlightened man. He said when enlightenment stays it's as if you are woken from a dream that still goes on with or without direct involvement.

This is a good example though maybe a little to much for my question. I'm just wondering if you think it's likely that simple things may can still go unnoticed and cause a unpredicted moment. Things like not seeing a branch about to smack you in the face, or losing your footing and tripping. Do you think it's possible that one can truly exist as awareness and be grounded in it, but still be subjected to unaware moments? Of course the action that occurs could not possibly disturb this beings well-being.

[Bentinho Massaro]

Hey Jynx,

Interesting questions. Speaking from my own experience - at the times of walking somewhere for example and being highly aware - In that case it is hard to imagine myself tripping over something. You see, everything around me feels like it is 'mine', or 'me' in a way. There is this direct relation between myself and my every surrounding. All that happens is happening within my aware awareness so to say. I feel everything, almost literally like I would feel it when touching it, as I move without errors in a majestic sense through my surroundings. All is felt coming and I adjust my body to the environment like water adjusts itself to whatever crosses its path.

Actually, in this state, it feels more like the surroundings are moving through myself instead of me moving through an environment. Like a film roll passing through my light instead of being a character in the film roll. Every little object, movement, moment, action etc. reveals a spark of eternity. Perfection is felt in everything and one feels the space and 'distance' between one object and the other. Beyond that one also feels the fictitiousness of this space/distance and knows how it 'works'; feels how it 'ís'. All moves so fluidly and harmonious that I would dare say one will not likely trip over something or bump his toe into anything unconsciously.

I will not rule out that it will ever, but probably only if one is unaware at that time of that particular thing or action. If one is fully free, open awareness there is no chance of that.

But we need not dream about permanent and fully present awareness to analyze this. You see, if you see a stone in front of you right now and you are walking towards it; you are aware of the stone and your body. Now would you bump your toe? If you would you would have done it on purpose and it would not be a 'mistake' anymore. So even now in our so-called unenlightened state, when aware of something fully, we make no errors too. I think that says it all. When truly aware of something there are no errors in our actions.

What do you think/experience?

[Frank Molignano]

I'm likely to agree with what you said.

My experience is very similar to yours, though 'taking a short moment' doesn't exactly provide me with that extreme aware state unless it happened spontaneously. For me, awareness is multifaceted until complete acceptance comes about and then it is free and limitless awareness. That's why I say I don't usually experience intense awareness through a short moment.

In limitless awareness every concept seems to be just as similar as any one thing, and similar of none. It seems as though I'm standing still and everything is passing through me, as you said. Everything and anything is subject to a change you can make because the realization that nothing is seperate from awareness has dawned. Nothing separating the seeker from the seeking; awareness is seen in each appearence.

I feel similarly, If in this state I find it highly unlikely that one would trip over a rock or bump their head because distance between everything is felt, and so is the location of everything. I'm not sure if I see it as 'me' or 'mine' but I can recognize that it all just awareness. In these moments I also feel elevated slightly above my head. I feel like that's more so where I control the eyes I also see through. Someone has told me that is also where the 8th chakra is located; there could be a connection.

I'm still trying to recognize the non-duality in everything. Again, I to feel like it is highly unlikely that such an enlightened being could let appearences affect his appearence. Eitherway, I could also see it not mattering if it happened.

[Bentinho Massaro]

Yes I think you got it right there.

Eitherway, I could also see it not mattering if it happened.

This is perhaps the most important one to remember yes . We can discuss all about how it should or would be, but truly there is no preset of characteristics we could use to definitively conclude that this is enlightenment and that that person will never bump his toe anymore. And if he does, then he is not a free man!!

Like you said, that doesn't matter.

[galya.spa]

Hi there!
Namaste!

We all are part of Awareness
and at the same time Awareness itself.
How is that possible?

Ocean and wave?
Waves are the ocean.

To be or not to be …

Love,
Galya

[Bentinho Massaro]

We are awareness, however, that part which we feel to be 'us' or 'me,' that sense of being, is what arises directly within awareness so to say. So each of these individual senses of being, appear within unified awareness.

So the us that is a part of awareness, is simply a perception arising within the awareness that we really are. It's only because we are so used to identify ourselves with that sense of being someone, that we feel we are that. So when we say: "We are all part of awareness" we are generally speaking from association with that sense of being.

And as always, even that perception or sense of being itself, is nothing more than pure awareness as well. So Unity is all there is, even if it seems confusing to the perception of being an individual.

Now we don't have to forget completely about us being here, we can also embody, so to say, the personality and use it, we can associate with it and with 'other people,' but primary to that, should be the recognition of just being peaceful awareness.

This usually develops in a gradual way. The less we think about it, the more apparent it is that it's already the case.

Anyone is free to add to this answer his own perception.

Much Love,
Bentinho.

[galya.spa]

Hi there,
Namaste,
Thank you Bentinho!

For the sake of easy comprehension of Awareness, here is what my little son (22 years of age) told me to imagine, if you permit.

Imagine Awareness, he said, as a white light - infinite, bright, white light saturated or full of “smaller” white “stars”. Some of the stars, however, have begun to think they are not light but stars and, in a way, they are no longer absolutely white but become greenish, reddish, yellowish …

Love,
Galya

[Bentinho Massaro]

Haha what wisdom. It must be his age!

Thank you for sharing Galya.
Bentinho.