How Awareness Becomes Conscious

Early on during the spiritual awakening process, we begin to observe that we can witness our thoughts. We feel a sense of space or distance from the automatic thinking process, revealing the delight that we are no longer completely entranced by the mind. It feels wonderful to have this deeper perspective and be able to notice the conditioning of the mind, but there is a greater reason for this shift. It activates the dormant awareness within us that is ready to be made conscious. 

We explore this other side to ourselves, an unknowable yet familiar essence, deep within us. We discover we can’t objectify it, hold onto it, or even activate it; all we can do is notice that it is already there and surrender to it. We learn how to bathe in our formless, silent selves, remembering our immensity.

Over time, worldly desires and the inner narrative become less important. Old unconscious patterns and repressed emotional content arise and dissolve into the vast aware space. What we focus on, we get more of. Our commitment to deepening our connection to our essential selves is rewarded through more clarity and joy. 

With enough consistent practice, a willingness to accept whatever challenging content or tests arise, and a little bit of grace, the position of awareness or beingness, takes the front seat. This noticeable shift happens where you have the permanent realisation that 'I am that' - that unexplainable but very alive, divine emptiness. This shift is sometimes known as the end of seeking and can be thought of as the approximate halfway point of the awakening process.