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Where Is Awareness Located - 19th July 2016

July 19, 20164:45189 views

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Ananta points to awareness as the non-spatial source that precedes all attributes. He explains that space and existence depend on awareness, and 'heightened awareness' is simply attention resting stably at its source.

Space is dependent on awareness; awareness is not dependent on space.
Heightened awareness only means that our attention is most stabilized at home.
Space is like one of the grandchildren of awareness.

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Transcript

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Ananta

So, are you aware now?

Seeker

Yes.

Ananta

So that is all that is important, yeah. So what knows this? It is the awareness itself which is saying yes. That's it. So that's all. Telling it simpler than that... I'll...

Seeker

So your question... for the question like who points 'Who am I?' You ask a baby 'Who am I?' It's no point. Do you... there... if you see, if you show somebody who cannot read a road sign, there's no point. So you're talking about the source of awareness? The source, I was saying, yeah. Okay, what did I say more about it please? I want to hear. No, where is its location now? Is this awareness... spatial location?

Ananta

Does that indicate that there is a source from which awareness itself... no. Liberalism is arising which is... so we say that there is awareness. So the question is, so where is awareness? You see, there is awareness. So I am saying, where is awareness? Is it to your left, to your right, up, down? It has actually nothing to do with this concept of space.

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Seeker

Of space, yeah. So where is this place then? Once it is, then it's like one of the things that is attributes that is appearing into this one. Once there is awareness, if there were no awareness...

Ananta

Not to interrupt, no. I know it's sounding like... no. In the waking state, space manifests as one of the attributes, one can say. But awareness is not dependent on space; space is dependent on awareness. So then, if... let me use something that I often say. So space is like one of the grandchildren of awareness. You see, there is this unchanging backdrop on which the superimposition of the sense that 'I exist,' 'I am' appears. With this appearance of this superimposition come all of these energetic forces and movement: the force of attention, beliefs, gravity, light, sound, all of this electromagnetism, all of that, all chemical, biological forces come into play.

Seeker

Some... but it is perceived that some space is heightened, the feeling of awareness. This is elaborate space. I mean, I have not contemplated it much, but there are some times you are in a state of heightened awareness. It can... it is a hyphen...

Ananta

Okay, let's look at what it means. Heightened awareness only means that our attention is more stabilized at home. It's not fluttering about so much, yes. So it is found that in the presence of the unassociated Being, which is not attached to concepts and ideas about itself, then in this physical realm also it can seem like when the appearance of such a one is there, then our mind is more settled and attention is more at home. You see?

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