Being Aware of Being Aware

by Rupert Spira

Enlightenment or awakening is not a particular experience or state of mind that may be achieved by practising hard enough or meditating long enough. It is the recognition of the very nature of the mind.

This returning of awareness to itself, its remembrance of itself – being aware of being aware – is the essence of meditation and prayer, and the direct path to lasting peace and happiness.

Only awareness is aware. Therefore, in the pause between the question ‘Am I aware?’ and the answer ‘Yes’, awareness ceases directing the light of its knowing towards objective experience and, as a result, becomes aware of itself.

Meditation is what we are, not what we do.