While you have always known that you exist, have you ever really investigated that existence or knowing of it? Does presence have a place where it starts? Does it have a place where it ends? Does it appear to be bound by time? Is it now or ever changing? Did it get older as the body aged? Is it constant or moving? Do you expect that it will ever be different? Can you, even for a moment, get out of it? If thinking stopped would you still be present? Does anything affect that presence? Is it your presence or is it just presence? It is the real in a world of change and illusion. Don't let the mind discount the presence—the beingness that you know is there. It will try, because it can't turn that presence into a thing. But do you begin to see that presence is what is being pointed to with words like spaceless and timeless? Can it really be that simple?
What about awareness? If someone were to ask you if you are aware, you would without hesitation say, "Yes, I am aware." It is something that you are sure of and there is no need or reason to question it.
Does awareness have a place where it starts? Does it have a place where it ends? Does it appear to be bound by time? Is it now or ever changing? Did it get older as the body aged? Is it constant or moving? Do you expect that it will ever be different? Can you, even for a moment, get out of it? If thinking stopped would you still be aware? Does anything affect that awareness? Is it your awareness or is it just awareness? It is the real and on that, the world of change and illusion appears. Again, don't let the mind discount the awareness that you are, it will try, because it can't turn that awareness into a thing. Do you see that awareness is what is being pointed to with words like spaceless and timeless?
Presence of Awareness
Awareness of Presence
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