The Self Conscious Isn't

“What people can do to awaken is to just turn their attention to what they’ve always been.  It’s almost as simple as turning awareness back on itself to realize what it is that’s looking through this mask right now.  It’s the part of you that’s been watching you your whole life….  What’s conscious is consciousness.”

 - Adyashanti

Ironically, for most of us, the “self conscious” part of our mind is the part that’s least conscious of the true self.

A vast awareness, deep as oceans, watches life through your eyes and mine.  It witnesses.  It is the true self.  It is pure, wordless, infinite consciousness.

Our chattering, story-making, self-conscious mind is at best peripherally aware of the one self, like an angel glimpsed from the corner of your eye.  But if you can become still and quiet, you can catch much more than a glimpse.

Bend your personal field of consciousness back toward its source.  Behold the face in the wishing well.  Witness the witness.