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Don't Self-Inquire & Dissociate · Self-Awareness Is Here & Now ▹

Progressive self-inquiry is consequential. As you enter into deeper planes of self-awareness, you witness things that can't be unseen. There are both risks and yields. Peeling off layers of "I am not this, I am not that", you risk absolute dissociation, loss of touch with this reality. For a mendicant sage at the holy hill, that's fine. The rest of us live here and now, and this self-awareness must be integrated in a seamless manner. ⛲Living Awareness ▹

Chasing for Mental Peace vs. Detached from Mental States ▹

You identify with the mind. You need it in a particular state and framing to feel satisfaction and happiness. However, it's forever pushed and pulled by the environment and your internals. What do you expect? What follows is a perpetual chase for your preferred framing and feeling. Then be not a slave to your mental states. Let the mind be, as it may. Today broad, tomorrow narrow. Today clear, tomorrow muddy – and forever changing in reflections. ⛲Living Awareness ▹

What Self-Inquiry Is & Is Not · Beyond Mental Affirmations ▹

Self-inquiry is not a verbal or intellectual exercise. You won't reach self-realization by the mechanical repetition of "Who am I". Nor will you attain self-realization by disconnected philosophical inquiries. The core practice is the simple attending to the focal point of your attention. Returning to the center of the ground of being of your ongoing experience. Seek the ultimate inquirer. Recognize deeper and deeper planes of awareness. ⛲Living Awareness ▹

Back to the Pits of Awareness · How Self-Awareness Vanishes ▹

Back in the pits of awareness once again? Mere moments ago in my calm and lucid abiding. What happened? The basic mechanism is very simple. You abide aloof in your self-awareness. Then a particular concern draws your attention. You enter a role and nest your consciousness there. Back in a fraction of yourself. What can we do about this? It takes patience, it takes persistence, it takes determination. It's a matter of practice and reconditioning. ⛲Living Awareness ▹