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Difference Between Awareness and Conciousness

Awareness is the original, self-illuminating state of knowingness, while consciousness arises from the reflection of awareness through the body-mind complex, resulting in varying states depending on mental conditions. Consciousness is relative and dependent on objects, experiences, and the duality of existence, whereas awareness is absolute and uncaused. Realizing the atma involves transcending identification with experiences and recognizing one's true nature as the observer, leading to freedom from the fluctuations of consciousness.

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Difference Between Awareness and Conciousness

Awareness is the original, self-illuminating state of knowingness, while consciousness arises from the reflection of awareness through the body-mind complex, resulting in varying states depending on mental conditions. Consciousness is relative and dependent on objects, experiences, and the duality of existence, whereas awareness is absolute and uncaused. Realizing the atma involves transcending identification with experiences and recognizing one's true nature as the observer, leading to freedom from the fluctuations of consciousness.

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Difference between Awareness and Conciousness?

Awareness (chit or atma chaitanyam) is the original “light of knowingness”, {e.g. sunlight}, as
understood in Sat-Chit-Ananda Atma.. No beginning or ending. Self illuminating. Uncaused,
Unsupported.
Consciousness comes into being when it is “reflected by an upadhi, a body-mind complex
(Chidabhasa). Because of the 3 states of the mind throughout the day/night, there are 3 levels
of Consciousness (waking, dreaming, and deep sleep). {Sunlight reflected by the atmosphere
takes on different levels of brightness at various times of the day, daylight, twilight, nightlight }.
“Objects” are those that obstructs/reflects the light (daylight or consciousness), i.e. objection.
Consciousness “illuminates” the world of multiplicity of reflecting objects that are
Names/form. {daylight gets reflected on objects of the world to become visible to our eyes }
Consciousness is sometimes referred to as the “contents of consciousness”..i.e. the
Names/forms and even thoughts that get reflected. Hence consciousness is in the world of
duality.
Waking Conciousness etc is “caused,. supported”, by upadhi. {daylight with its variations is
caused by atmospheric conditions.}, hence it is time,space and substance dependent (kala,
desha, vastu)
Atma chaitanya, chit, pure awareness is unsupported, un caused.
Reflected Consciousness based on the state of mind, Satva, Rajas, and Tamas. Mind becomes
conscious – Consciousness (manifests with contact with the mind).
Consciousness is knowledges of all N/F, i.e. content of consciousness, it is state of
duality/[Link] is absolute.
Consciousness is relative to its objects. Conscious of “something”. Awareness is total/ calm/
silent.
Consciousness is full of variety of “experiences”, changing. Experience of taste/smell etc is
content of Consciousness. “I am conscious of thing x’, which implies “I am experiencing thing
x”. Every experience (happy/unhappy) has Consciousness in its background. The common
element behind all Consciousness is Atma chaitanya.I “experience” the movie (we dont say I
am conscious of the movie). the matrix-fabric of all experiences is Atma-chaitanya.
sukha/dukha.
If you identify with experience, then you are “experiencer”, or samsari.
sukhi/dukkhi……./sukhi/dukkhi….. Identification leads to experience / samsari. If you do not
identify with experience (special technique), then there is freedom. Identify with the Sakshi/
observer. You are Ishwara. [Link] not identify with being “old”, then there is freedom.
yes. the body is getting slower, more painful, less capable. Just observe that you are “atma”,
ever fresh, un affected.
When you dismiss the experiences (of all 5 sensations plus sukha/dukha), what remains is
“sesha”, atma. This is how atma is realized (prati-bodha vidhitam matam). The matrix/
substratum / reality of every cognition is atma / [Link] silence (avoiding sensations), you
are conscious of your inner being (antar mukha).. You have crossed the threshold of
conciousness and entered into beingness.
Conclusions. Atma can never be an object of consciousness. e.g. Pair of tongs cannot ever
catch the hand that is operating the tong. Atma cannot be grasped or known. You can only BE
the atma, Brahman.

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