Awareness just observe....

While reading a book the other day, the mind was excited for it has found some useful message. The content of the book is concluded to be so true.

However, while awareness is operating and contemplating and reflecting is functioning, light pops up and the mind see some new insights.

Many a time, while the senses get in contact with its objects, in this case, the mind with the information in the book, naturally, the mind dissimilate what it has received, compared with the ideas already present and store in the memory. If the comparison comes out positive, then an agreeable message is discharged and we will say ‘whoa, that is so true’. In contrast, the mind will discard the information and judge it as inaccurate, not true, or heavier word: wrong.

In both case, the mind will look for reasons, facts, statements, sayings from the sages or some famous celebrities either to support if it is agreeable or justify if it is disagreeable. When this process of looking for facts and reasons is going on, the attention is mostly outwards, that is towards the information it has just received and searching from outside facts and proves.

In the training of awareness, however, is observing inward on the working of the mind. In this case, from my own experience, it can be noticed that the mind is working very fast, just like the memory in the hardware of a computer, searching through its database for reasons that it agree with the content. And, without involving and personalizing this process, it is seen that at the same time, the mind is judging that what so and so said is not true, because what this master or teacher said is true. Or, maybe so and so has not understand this yet, now I read this and I understand; it is just operating of ego.

All this happened because there are already ideas and opinions running in the mind. In normal way, the mind looks out and get involve with all the thoughts, which then perpetual the thought process. I am feeling grateful that now, this skill of awareness has been learned. And now it knows and able to observe and recognize that judging on the content of books is like this; trying to look for facts to support and justify my opinion is like that; and just observing how this happen without getting involve feels like that.

Just being aware, is, but peace and freedom.