Awareness Is Not Empty          By Sandy Jones

Someone asked: "When we are one with awareness do we stop thinking? Because it is said that 'being with awareness is being with a silent mind"....

Here is my answer to that:

No, it is more like Silence is the power, the deep stillness behind the movement and the form and the things. We do not become the Silence, but we sense the Presence of Its depth and power.

Awareness if the function of Mind. It is unpossessed by any 'person'. Yet ever person is this Awareness. This Awareness is and does include all things. It includes thinking, but It is not thinking, It includes everything, the whole entire Universe, but it beyond all matter and form. Thoughts are matter. Awareness is not made of time-space-matter. Awareness is outside of time, yet It includes all time.

We continue to think and dream, speak, write, wonder, and make a 'to do' list and get things done or not. I can imagine and do and make things while fully aware of the deep abiding stillness and perfect unchanging presence of Awareness.

But the beauty is that Awareness does not require my rapt attention, or my stillness, or my mind to not think in order for me to be peaceful and insightful and "one with Awareness".

Here is another little gem; I am one with Awareness whether I know it or not. Yes, It is better for me to know that, but it makes no difference to Awareness for me to know it.

Thinking is a function of Awareness, so is seeing the tree, knowing who I am and knowing I exist. All and everything happening is a function of Awareness. There is nothing that exists outside of Awareness.

I am not the possessor of Awareness; The Infinite Unknowable Isness, the Ineffable Mind of God is being this Awareness I am.

Yes, there is a deep stillness and a silence behind this world we see. But it is full and overflowing with expression, things, ideas, forms, and thought.

Being still does not mean we don't think. Awareness is our very essence of a sense of Identity. You do not throw you Identity out when you discover who you are.

Actually you find a Sweet Peace with your Self. This Peace we feel allows us to be more expressive than ever. We are unafraid of our thoughts; we do not possess them, they are not 'mine', we are unleashed and free to be our self.

It is very Beautiful.

We are no longer caught in the thinking or in the personal mindset, ridged-limited view point. We are set free.

We tend to be more Heart centered, everything comes to us more clearly, the thoughts are more a feeling and sensing and knowing.

Free from fear and unattached to "old-think" we get to enjoy this inner knowing, this intuition and imagination and the marvelous insights that flow from some unseen Divine Intelligence.

We can be creative and we can see how limited thinking has no answers to our problems.

We can tap into the vast Intelligence and see the Truth and understand situations in a new light. From out of this higher vision we find the answers; answers that lift us up and out of the limited view.

Really, when you understand, you still think, but now the thoughts come in very peaceful and quiet sort of way, and they do not seem to intrude with fear or worry or anger or impatience. Now there is a softness, a sweet gentle feeling about our life. It feels something like a deep ocean beneath my thoughts. Whatever this is, it gives my life a richness and fullness. Everything is meaningful, but not because of my thoughts, more like under the thoughts I know there is Something that is Changeless and Real and Mighty and Here.

Yes, we still think, but now we feel the presence of this deep and restful silence that takes precedent over the thoughts.

The Stillness of this powerful presence also gives me an energy and vitality to do and be more fully my self, and I seem to keep myself pretty well entertained and amused.

There is Joy and Love for Life because we know who are. When you make this Self discovery any feeling of loneliness just vanishes.

It is wonderful. I can see how it might that my Awareness is full to brimming over with more than I have words for. But, in fact, the Awareness is also my deep calm and steady, immutable strength, a foundation of Love

Yes, now that I mention it, I can see how this Love has really changed something about my thoughts. I still think, but I have stopped thinking my thoughts just sort of drift in a lovelier and sweeter sort of melody. There is a softness and tranquillity about my mind and my heart. Now there is a peace within my soul and everywhere I look. My thoughts are unnoticed until I need to use them.

My thoughts come effortlessly and easily as if from out of deep well of Stillness and Beauty. I personally find these ideas and thoughts to be rather brilliant and very intelligent--- so I know they don't come from "me". And sometimes they come with such a great sense of humor and I find myself laughing a lot and I am easily amused.

I am just happy to tell you that you do not become an empty no-body without a mind of your own. You become more yourself and more individual and more ready to speak up with fresh and exciting ideas.

Its all quite enjoyable and so interesting new .

Well, thanks for the good question. I hope my way of descibing this is helpful to you. It was interesting to explore.

Life is one truly sensational, marvel--Life is simply Divine.

Love, Sandy

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