AWARENESS - DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT

A piece from my teacher, Ramesh Balsekar, on Awareness.

When we are aware that we are unaware, there is awareness.

The greater the presence of awareness, the less the mind struggles to find peace.

This can lead to a more restful ease, both day and night.

Enjoy. Love ~ Erin

AWARENESS – DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT

RAMESH BALSEKAR
(A Buddha's Babble, Zen Publications, 2006) 

During the day when I am aware, what happens is that I am alive, living, moving, vital; in that state there is no question of any conflict, any choice to be made. When, however, I am not attentive, not really aware of what is, then I become self-centered, nervous, anxious, and I fall back into despair.

Satsang in Mumbai, India

When I see I have not been aware, there is awareness. To be aware that I am not aware is awareness. In awareness, there is complete harmony; harmonious and integrated, then there is no division between the me and the other, between the observer and the observed. When there is no harmony there is fragmentation and a big divide between the “me” and the “other” – “me” against the “other.” When there is harmony, when there is awareness, there is the total intelligence that every individual human being is an instrument through which the Source functions and brings about whatever is supposed to happen according to Cosmic Law.

Is there an awareness when one is asleep as there is when one is awake? If one is aware during the daytime in patches, then that continues when one is asleep, this is obvious. But when one is aware – aware that one has been attentive, a totally different movement has taken place. Then when one is asleep there is an awareness of total stillness. When the mind is deeply aware during the day, that awareness in depth keeps the mind quiet during sleep. When you are awake during the day and aware of your unawareness, then at the end of the day, there is no disorder. Then the brain does not have to struggle during the night to bring about the order. The brain becomes totally rested and quiet and the next morning the brain is totally alive and vibrant. All that is necessary is to be aware of the unawareness whenever it happens.

Erin Reese is a writer, astrologer, and intuitive consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her here.