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Awareness & the Mind Archives

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Aug 5, 2019

Manual for the Mind

You have a mind. You are born with it. You live with it. Throughout your entire life, you function in the mind whether it be in your waking state or in your sleeping states. It’s the one thing you spend 24-hours a day with. You don’t even spend that much time with the people or things that you love. The mind is the most powerful tool in the world. It created computers, smartphones, put a rover on ...

Dec 20, 2018 Awareness & the Mind

Awareness and Reactions

As events occur in life, most people react to them in an uncontrolled way. When this happens awareness gets drawn out and externalized. Their energies get externalized too, entangling itself with people and things around them. Before long they find themselves bound to the externa
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Sep 4, 2018 Awareness & the Mind

Where awareness goes, energy flows

When I lived as a monk, my guru (Sivaya Subramuniyaswami) taught me a phrase he coined: ‘Where awareness goes, energy flows.’ It's probably one of the most important things I’ve learned. First, we have to learn that awareness and the mind are two separate things. Second, our mind
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Aug 7, 2018 Awareness & the Mind

Awareness vs. Consciousness

One of my online course meditation students asked about the difference between awareness and consciousness. I’m glad the student posed this question. My guru answers this question in the best way possible. He says “Consciousness and awareness are the same when awareness is total
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Jul 31, 2018 Awareness & the Mind

Overcoming Anxiety

I've taken a long hiatus from blogging. My apologies. The last few months have been filled with speaking engagements around the world and working on a few important projects including the development of Siva Ashram, our retreat center in Costa Rica. I hope to update you on some o
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Jan 25, 2018 Awareness & the Mind

Memory and Awareness

A few days ago one of the students of my 12-week online course "Introduction to Meditation" asked the following question on our online forum. "How are memories and awareness related?" Here's my response to him which I wanted to share with you as well. Memories are experiences t
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Oct 29, 2017 Awareness & the Mind

Bringing Awareness to Attention

Now, I’ve already shared with you that the most important thing in understanding the mind is understanding that there is a clear separation between awareness and mind. Once you’ve understood that you are not the mind but rather you are pure awareness moving through different area
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