We often point to this subtle but existential distinction between ‘in/of’ and ‘as’ Silence, Awareness, Grace, Life. Awakening turns on this subtle distinction.
Noticing Awareness, sitting in Silence, an experience of Grace, moving in Life are all wonderful nourishing experiences, but they are not Freedom.
Years identifying as a person typically lead us to view everything from the perspective of a person. Our egoic mind hangs on to the illusion we are an individual experiencing Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life. Our belief we are fundamentally a person can obscure our recognition as Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life. This identification as something other than Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life creates an experiential gap where none actually exists.
There are countless pointers designed to produce a pause in our identification as a person. In that pause, identification/beliefs and a person are not there—yet Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life remain. In those pauses, we clearly see the person is not fundamental, but rather, there is a direct experience as Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life prior to the appearance of a person.
Truth is unchanging and eternal. Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life are all words used to point to This that is prior to, and beyond, all concepts or expressions. Recognition as Awareness, Silence, Grace, Life is among our best approximation with words for recognition “as” This that is beyond all concepts.
Namaste, Bec and Steve