AWARENESS -
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THE ULTIMATE KEY
When you suddenly become aware, any thought that flows in front of you becomes your life for that moment. You start giving attention to it, either to fulfill it or to escape from it. It is like slides on a projector. Any slide that is kept in front of the projector light is seen as reality on the screen. The problem is that in your inner space, the projector light is not continuously on. When I say projector light, I mean your awareness. It just comes and goes, comes and goes – you are not fully, continuously aware.
Many times, even though your eyes
are open and your body is moving,
you are not aware of your existence.
An example from everyday life is like
when you get into your car and drive
for half an hour to the office. It is
only after you reach the office, park
the car, and get out, do you suddenly
realize, 'Oh, I have reached the
office!' It means that in those
moments of driving, the projector
light was off most of the time.
Any slide that is placed in
front of the projector during
moments that the projector
light, your awareness, is off
is not part of your life. You
don't remember it at all.
When the light comes on
again, when your awareness
comes back again, whatever
thought you have at that
time becomes a part of you.
Understand that this is a
very subtle truth. Your life is
the totality of all the
thoughts you have when
you are aware and unaware
Unfortunately, many times
there are thoughts, many
major decisions, and life
changing incidents that
happen when you are not
aware. These are also part of
your life, part of your
biography. Unfortunately,
you are not aware of these
scenes, decisions, or thoughts
when they come up. Without
your knowledge they have
contributed significantly to
your life.
Be very clear, every moment that
passes in your life without you
being aware of it, without your
presence, is suffering. You will
either directly or indirectly create
situations for suffering. Just like
when the turn indicator light in
your car blinks, your
consciousness blinks also. But,
because of your lack of awareness,
you do not know when it is on
and when it is off.
