May (8) Awareness's Unbounded Nature Be Realized
Posted on May 8th, 2006
by
David Jon
It struck me yesterday how easy it is to disclose the Unbounded Nature of Awareness Itself. To do so, all that you really have to do is realize how much you--as this Awareness--are capable of being aware of.
So what are you/I/we aware of? What are you/I/we capable of being aware of? Is our capacity for awareness limited in some way? Are we only able to be aware of our emotions, for instance? Or only retaining the capacity to be aware of sensations such as physical movement and/or friction? is awareness confined to any particular domain?
Or does awareness's capacity for resting as Itself include virtually anything and everything? Might it be better of us to say---meaning, more true--that there are simply no intrinsic limits to Awareness; that Awareness is fundamentally, intrinsically, inherently free.
What do I mean by free? Do I mean, 'un-confined?' Do I mean 'un-bounded?' Do I mean incapble of being possessed by anyone or anything at anytime? Do I mean... transcendent of any and all limits?
Well... yes... yes.. yes... and yes! ; o )
Awareness is not confined to any one particular domain or sphere, realm or dharma, religion or creed, race or ethnicity, ideology or emotion, truth or lie.
Neither is Awareness bounded by an edge such as the human body seems to have. Awareness transcends the body, allowing for such possibilities as your travel to distant stars and galaxies, locales and lands, i.e., you don't have to physically be there in order to be aware of that which resides 'there.'
Nor is Awareness capable of being owned, possessed, territorialized? Buddhists don't own Awareness anymore than Christians or Hindus do? Neither do neuroscientists own Awareness anymore than a punk-rocker does? Awareness transcends any and all claims of territorialization and/or ownership. No one can call IT 'mine'... or bar you from IT.
So what are you/I/we aware of? What are you/I/we capable of being aware of? Is our capacity for awareness limited in some way? Are we only able to be aware of our emotions, for instance? Or only retaining the capacity to be aware of sensations such as physical movement and/or friction? is awareness confined to any particular domain?
Or does awareness's capacity for resting as Itself include virtually anything and everything? Might it be better of us to say---meaning, more true--that there are simply no intrinsic limits to Awareness; that Awareness is fundamentally, intrinsically, inherently free.
What do I mean by free? Do I mean, 'un-confined?' Do I mean 'un-bounded?' Do I mean incapble of being possessed by anyone or anything at anytime? Do I mean... transcendent of any and all limits?
Well... yes... yes.. yes... and yes! ; o )
Awareness is not confined to any one particular domain or sphere, realm or dharma, religion or creed, race or ethnicity, ideology or emotion, truth or lie.
Neither is Awareness bounded by an edge such as the human body seems to have. Awareness transcends the body, allowing for such possibilities as your travel to distant stars and galaxies, locales and lands, i.e., you don't have to physically be there in order to be aware of that which resides 'there.'
Nor is Awareness capable of being owned, possessed, territorialized? Buddhists don't own Awareness anymore than Christians or Hindus do? Neither do neuroscientists own Awareness anymore than a punk-rocker does? Awareness transcends any and all claims of territorialization and/or ownership. No one can call IT 'mine'... or bar you from IT.
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