Two Kinds of Awareness

[@AG-yx4ip]

I get it now: in meditation we are adding another layer of awareness directing it towards our awareness -that’s why any object is useful for meditation - this way we are exercising the mind. With practice we can get more and more familiar with this second layer of awareness and that leads to calm and profound understanding of the nature of things .

[@Heopful]

I've had this idea before that that is the evolutionary purpose of consciousness; it allows it to study and improve itself

[@poOmoo1111]

I still don’t get it.

[@YamkoonFoo]

Awareness of awareness is that what Rinpoche is teaching ?

[@erwinzer0]

​@@poOmoo1111I think basically by resting your awareness, you give yourself a chance to become aware of awareness itself, that way you're not absorbed in your suffering. "When you see the river you're outside the river", you're not one with your suffering anymore

[@-RudhreshM]

Spot on. Just to add some more information. When the duration of the awareness increases during mediation. There will be great carry over in the first kind of awareness

[@FutureSoundStation]

You are a wonderful human being. I have been meditating for a few months now and much of the way we approach it in the west has not felt right to me. Everything is about goals or classes or making money. But your words are true and wise and echo my mind like a mirror. You are able to articulate much of what I knew but could not express. Thank you

[@Jacktoriousrexrex]

Very true I'm currently in the process of reading his books. Very interesting.

[@sirbattlecat]

I've had the same experience. I've made learning the goal of my life because that way you can't actually lose. No matter if you might judge a situation to have ended badly or well, you will walk away having learned from it. This realization alone has taken a lot of weight of my shoulders.

[@marjoryrainey5761]

You expressed your comment well!

[@vinay590]

Absolutely true... you are following the right monk who is so compassionate and truthful....he is teaching the true essence of conscious awareness...

[@timothybrace5340]

You have taken a huge step. You will be able to come back to goals and the necessity of making money in your culture without losing your awareness and being uncomfortable there.

[@beales1987]

Your explanations of mindfulness practice are crystal clear. I have been meditating for 10 years and read tons of books and watched tons of youtube videos on the subject and yours are among the best.

[@ashcoorg3600]

How it is useful could u tell in few words

[@infinitenothingness]

@@ashcoorg3600 Most meditation techniques provide you with something to "do", like chant a mantra, or imagine a candle, or focus on an idea. This meditation technique is useful because it is a "letting go" of thoughts, concepts, mantras, etc. and just being aware of your presence. After one practices simply "being" without resistance, for a period of time, the mind can become clear like water.

[@generalllup9413]

During the average days I have moments of awareness when I catch myself observing myself doing what I’m doing and usually think oh wow, I’ve been in autopilot. Being aware as you Breathe in breathe out is all that’s required to become the silent observer. It’s amazing

[@themindfuldj320]

There is a great difference between secular teachings of mindfulness and those speaking from direct realisation of their essential nature that is awareness. The former is dry and lacks passion, based on using mindfulness as a technique to prop up an already struggling ego. The latter is about ego death and fully living from the absolute truth of what one is, which is always aware, empty and one with all experience. Thank God for teachers like this who don’t give a pale version of truth but transmit the full grace of what all the great spiritual teachers from all traditions have, which is our fundamental nature. Awareness is always the case, we just need to stop identifying as the images and labels we have picked up along the way and rest in the direct experiential truth that we are 🙏🏻

[@Fascistbeast]

He is explaining the lotus flower of Buddhism. Surrounded by dirt in a pond but the flower is stable and blooms. Our minds should live in the world like this!

[@centralprocessingunit2564]

very Nice

[@NehaSingh-ty2vk]

yess ! if everyone become like this the dirt will eventually go away.

[@nolancoen8925]

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[@marcoty6312]

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[@nolancoen8925]

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[@okaaykate]

The metaphor with water was one of the best I have ever heard!

[@clairesmith4311]

Yeah a liked that 1 too 😊

[@ashleyalessandrocampos394]

Yes!!

[@ウーリカ]

"Be water my friend" ~ Bruce Lee

[@amandasteven1400]

clear as mud

[@paulmiller9765]

Thank you for this. You're a beautiful soul and this came to me just as I needed it. I no longer wish to be a flag in the wind.

[@vinay590]

May you be successful

[@pemachoedon9272]

I had an anxiety attack recently and now I am feeling so much better after listening and meditating under your guidance. Thank you so much Rinpoche! Lama la Kyapsu Chey

[@atmajazone]

Maybe people who gave dislike to this video, didn't understand what Rinpoche try to explain. This is one of his best video ever. Because it showed what awareness in meditation is. That it is not concentration or even focus, because we do those everyday in daily life but we aren't meditating. Thank you Rinpoche for the teaching.

[@healingmelody112]

Whoever is reading this now, remember: You can achieve anything you can imagine. You are the light, that radiates love and compassion! Feel the abundance in your heart and be sure that you are not alone on this journey! Feel the power within and be the creator of your own reality! Blessings to all beings! Love and Light!

[@sebastian6736]

This is not true and simply unhelpful. There's no need to believe the false claim that "you can achieve anything you can imagine". That will only cause frustration and self-blame. A better thing to say might be: you can learn to live with things whichever way they are. You can observe life, watch it unfold, remaining always aware and present so that you can act with clarity and intelligence.

[@amadlover]

*facepalm*

[@juancarlos121982]

Thank you so much, you saved my life, and you don't know :) please, continue helping people, I will follow you always

[@yoya4766]

that's beautiful. keep going.

[@vlander1992able]

The water metaphor made it easier to understand. With awareness moving around it's like turbulent water stirring up mud and making the water murky, but when you focus your awareness on one thing, it just takes a little time before the mud settles to the bottom and you can see clearly again.

[@shitalsrivastava5820]

You are my favorite Buddhist guru . 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sudo884]

I had amazing patience when i had no phone, over time my patience degraded because of the need of not getting bored. Over time i got so bored of everything i have, then i got this awareness that phones and other stimulants really makes my life worse than good. Getting bored alot for an uncouscius need for an unhealthy stimulating device. 🌌

[@alirosenbusch151]

That is wonderful!

[@Godislove2066]

I'm so thankful for this master simplicity. Makes me feel so at ease.

[@jvkk123]

He is enlightened master! Thanks for explaining in a simple way

[@Captaincrunchh]

your book has got me into meditation i have been doing it for almost 5 years now and ever since i have been opened up to a greater understanding of life and sense of possibility, thank you

[@akhishesh]

Can you tell which particular book?

[@jimmylama8328]

Thankyou rinpoche 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DIAKUMAS]

You have abbriliant gift of explaining things in the simplest way.. That is really REALLY a great thing because you come in contrast with many of your "fellow" new age gurus who have an obsession of "mystikifing" and complicating things which can lead to unnececary confusion.Thank you give the message that the greatness of God.. That diamond is in all of us and for all us..

[@adogdad1]

Meditative awareness is the flag pole. Unmoving and always present.

[@venizmaja20]

Absolutely needed this as someone learning to meditate. Thank you!

[@DesiPitaara]

Its all about practice... Do not be the fluttering flag.. Be the calm water .. Thank You 🙏

[@brbrsharing9930]

thanks, i've listened to other gurus and they say too much about this awareness who's aware but none explained like this. this is huge

[@yoya4766]

they are business men, just stringing people along.

[@Franciscomega117]

I LOVE the way he says “awareness”

[@sdma4775]

i can recognize awareness in Sound thought and seeing. not only being Aware but also be Aware of awareness

[@PeacefulWarriorSpirit]

Thanks so much. So wonderful to see hear feel sanity & peace from a fellow human being. Blessings ☮️🕉️

[@Beanmachine91]

I'm a Christian and I believe god encourages awareness. This is very illuminating I think

[@vigneshkg5370]

Dont believe anything.... find out with your own experience

[@Gamster420]

Chuckle at his metaphors. Love this. Beautiful

[@sheafaulibnmasud2382]

The main point is recognising the activity of your mind, which is called meditative awareness...

[@Lavl-dq2tk]

we should recognize awareness. so not just listen to a sound, but be aware that you are listening to the sound

[@nguyendl4477]

You are not the bad emotion (anger, worries, fear, grief...), you're the observer which is observing (awareness) those bad emotions. With awareness 💎, your bad emotions are less harmful/ powerless on your mind 😊

[@sdma4775]

it is really transparent. with awareness of awarness on my eyes i can see through my closed eyes

[@yoya4766]

This is fabulous, I recently started mantra meditation and experienced awareness. It's so pleasurable to find a safe core within that I love to meditate and look forward to it. I think by going wandering you deepened your practise, compassion and communication. Some Rinpoche's are arrogant because they've always been revered like royalty, without learning the hard way as you did. You have the profoundness of the Dalai Lama but with better English.

[@sheetal74]

Namaste.... You have made the concepts of awareness, meditation etc so easy and achievable. Thank you.

[@Trackman2007]

Thanks! The concept of "awareness resting on" something specific is a-ha moment for me :)

[@user-yv3mx2hl1l]

Trackman2007 same!!

[@user-zl5ir2ne6n]

🍃🌸DIVINO MENSAJE🌸🍃 Bendecido seas, portador de paz y equilibrio, maestro espiritual😌🌸

[@YujiChampion]

Wow. So nice to have many buddhas in our time. We are so lucky.

[@Seekr23]

This was an excellent description! Thank you so much!!

[@absawn258]

Thank you very much Dear Rinpoche la, Really need your advices until complete enlightenment 🙏🙏🙏

[@RobertFullStop]

Amazing explanation Rinpoche. Thank you.

[@jungcasipe7652]

thank you mingyur rinpoche

[@koehean9043]

Thank you Mingyur Rinpoche

[@susydyson1750]

tha flag in the wind alegory is great thank you !! also loved water and sand just leave it it'll sink ( till calm..)

[@charlesworthington5466]

thank you so much for shering this it helps alot thank you in love and peace

[@evil_musclemuscled3814]

I thank you for your time and knowledge

[@madhima]

Such a simple but clear explanation Thank you Master

[@sanand9099]

Great talk..❤❤❤

[@coronadoavenue]

Very clear explanation.

[@xReBorNDarKness]

if you guys are interested in this, try reading the book "The Power of Now". Great read and also if you saw this comment, take it as a sign! You got this ;)

[@mysticalcapricorn1233]

Thank you for this 😊 I just started reading it.. it’s an AMAZING book 💙

[@ronaldmascarenhas2361]

Yes I have read it. Great book but the contents of this book do not operate in the life of its author. Look at what he or his organizer charging for his talks. In a way he is selling the presence to his followers/audiences at a cost that defeats the very purpose of his purpose!

[@FirstnameLastname-co2cq]

You're the best grandpa ❤️

[@MrTinitoons]

Thank you!!!

[@RodMartinJr]

Very nice. In 1968, one day, I was feeling very groggy, with very little energy. I decided to examine this uncomfortable state. For some reason, I pictured my viewpoint of awareness moving out in front of my body's face and looking back toward the source of that viewpoint of awareness. Suddenly, all grogginess had vanished. I felt full of energy. Genesis 1:3 tells us that God said, Let there be light. But what was this light? This was before there were stars, like the sun. This was before even time and space existed. This was during the creation phase -- building the template of existence. This "light" was none other than awareness. And darkness is a lack of awareness. This darkness is the essence of everything evil. But even evil is useful. The essence of time itself is one of removing the awareness of creation. Conversely, the process of as-it-ising (or vanishing) is one of taking full responsibility for an object or creation; this removes the time dimension from that object or condition. This is what Christ referred to as "knowing the truth" and being "set free." Perhaps we can say that one form of awareness is egoistic -- as a cog in the machine of dichotomous, action-reaction physical existence. This is the state of being at-effect -- the Effect Mode of existence, with zero free will. The other form of awareness is the perfection of awareness, or paramita awareness, full of freedom -- freedom to create or to vanish the objects and conditions of creation. This second form of awareness is one of zero ego -- that rare state right in the middle, between aversion, fear or anger and desire.

[@richardcarew4708]

always a pleasure, sir 🙏Namaste ✌ thank you Master Rinpoche 🙏

[@FreedomandRights4US]

phenomenal, thank you.

[@izaideree2283]

BEST TEACHER!

[@이름-y9z2d]

Thank you so much😃

[@tejaswinmohanty]

Really beneficial teaching. Love you Sir🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏

[@loriaingram5875]

Thank you so very much 💖💖💖 I have needed to understand this so very long. Much blessings to you 😊

[@onkao6570]

In nutshell this is about awareception. When I meditate use breath focus method the result always failed. My best time +- 5minutes, but meditating using awareception bring me to another level, i can meditate 20 minutes, more than that mosquitoes and itching are not a problem. When i meditate i feel paranoid because my perception give me feel I'm haunted, Using awareception make me think clearly, im not afraid again. It change my perspective to think about issue/problem, i can feel more calm when facing problem. This method is insanely effective

[@calico1208]

As a newbie, I think what you're saying is difficult but if I do this regularly I might get the hang of it. I wanted to meditate but I had no idea how and then I suddenly saw your video. Thank you.

[@GodsCommunity]

Greetings! Blessings to all. ⏰⏰

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you Master🙏🙏🙏

[@devyanigavit3981]

Thank you it has helped me to calm my mind and concentrate on my studies thank you Soo much

[@xxChacaronXX]

So awareness level one is the “I” and level two is awareness of the “I”

[@johnshannon9656]

Almost. Level 1 is animal survival consciousness. Level 2 is "The Witness" of Level 1 consciousness. Level 2 is not quite God but getting there. The Witness consciousness IS meditation. But . . . in neither consciousness is there an "I". There is no "I". Level 1 is raw, brute lifeforce without agency. Level 2 is awareness of Level 1 also with no "I". Dispense with notions of "I". The universe is determined and there is no free-willing agent within you. You are a pattern in God's flow - a cloud that did not exist, forms, passes through forms, and dissipates . . . but always remains before and after as non-cloud. Tat tvam asi.

[@xxChacaronXX]

@@johnshannon9656 But your level 1 is no consciousness at all.. The animal mind is level 0 consciousness because it's unconscious. Like giving into cravings, anger and ego. I love your point about "will power being an illusion". Do you have any video recommendations or articles in relation to it? It's been on my mind for some time now.

[@MyThoughts7t]

Centering Yourself in whatever You do is awareness I guess

[@MrsShimmyOnDown]

@@johnshannon9656 How can you be sure that this is true if the universe is determined and you have no free-willing agent within you?

[@awa3245]

@@xxChacaronXX I think consciousness is in all living things. I don't really know how to explain it, but I'd say it's the very life force of all living things. Level 2 is the awareness that only humans have, so with this awareness we have access to level 1 consciousness, to experience it, which no other animal on earth has I believe. I like to distinguish these with consciousness and awareness.

[@natureboy7698]

All is One. If you are a seeker I would like to take this time to mention the Law of One as well as natural law. I wish you well on your path and remember there are no mistakes but it would be most beneficial to the human race to not harm anyone. Which will take a lot of awareness of our decisions, actions and manifestations.

[@enhuang8565]

so basicly be aware of your awareness?

[@gabrielm3683]

i guess so

[@AnilPatel11572]

Yes, Aware of being aware or coscious of consciousness

[@ashleytaylor994]

NighV iNeom you can test it. If you imagine something and it happens then you are awareness. If it doesn't manifest then you are not awareness. Look up Neville Goddard on KZbin. Most people don't have a clue what they are talking about.

[@Kanzu999]

I still consider myself to be a novice when it comes to meditation, but it's a bit like realising that your thoughts are not of your doing. You can for example decide not to have any thoughts, and then you will soon realise that it is not possible, and thoughts still flow in your awareness. But you can watch them "from a distance". For myself, I realise it's as if there is this commentator on everything that's going on in my awareness. For example, I can be in a session of meditation, and I might feel like it's a good session of meditation, and suddenly my thoughts go like "this is a good session of meditation", and it might instantly be followed up with "whoops, now I'm commentating on my experience", and before I know it, I'm already imagining myself explaining that exact moment to some person in the future in my mind (which is both interesting and weird). Then I might find it funny for a moment, and then I try to bring my focus back to the breath. I have gotten better at realising when thoughts like these suddenly appear, and then I just try to observe them, let them go, and bring my focus back to something else. But the more I meditate, the more I become aware of what is actually happening in my mind.

[@GlitchPredator]

Being aware of what your mind is doing in the moment. So if you think, being aware of the act of thinking, when you a feeling like anger is coming up being aware of the feeling starting and going, when a perception of something comes up or anything part of conditioning, being aware of that. When you can be aware or mindful of yourself as much as possible during each and every day, spiritual progression is inevitable and so is wisdom.

[@smilealways4978]

It's been 8 yrs for me to realize what I was longing for I thought I need love from someone then my heart was I broke more and need someone to heal them I went to depression and than I thought I need to be religious and did all obligations than again I lost again depressed major issues my health turned upside down I was lost but again I picked up myself and now I'm understanding my awareness and when he said sound is there but your calm with awareness I realized there was some argument happening Insted taking stress or running out crying I kept silent I could hear so much but my heart was calm nothingness kinda feeling and recently since 3 weeks I've been practicing on what is awareness how it is trust me it is peaceful here within more than the mountains or valley that I wanted to go for peace of mind...

[@arjenvandoorne9321]

Awareness is normal and than the question rises about the sense of life the sense of existense and two answeres are possible. The start of meditation with the question of life or death. The answere of death stays in a normal awareness and the answere of life asks for inspiration of reason for the logic for eternity by meditative awareness, the gaining of wisdom. It is the growing conciousness of the human mind with the many questions to be answered.

[@athenarivierradion]

Thankyou Rinpoche.

[@editeisabelfaria2014]

Obrigada Mestre!

[@cherkaouifouad3893]

Thank you so much for your advise ...Clear explanation ... Cristal clear ...Simple and affordable for everyone. Continue like that...

[@AjaychinuShah]

Untrained Mind like Water. But trained Mind like the Still Wind. Physicists right on its tail in a different Era.

[@jamsheedbegum1067]

AWESOME, EXCELLENT, FANTASTIC, APPRECIATIVE AND VERY GREAT 😊👌👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@kiranchudasama2724]

Love his voice ☺️

[@OnlineMD]

In this and another video, Rinpoche talks about focusing on sound. In the Yoga tradition there is an art called Nada (Naada) yoga, the yoga of sound. Too vast a subject for me to explain here. It is about achieving transcendent states using sound/music. Do an Internet search, you will find it worth your time.

[@manjarishukla8787]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@neharai6561]

Thank you for this valuable information helped a lot 😊

[@masterharpic4429]

Thank you peace on you.

[@simhachal5558]

TQ very much swami, that was a very useful message

[@AnilPatel11572]

U r observer of your thoughat and feeling

[@radhakrishnayoutubestarssa112]

Hare Krishna 🙏📿🧘‍♂️

[@BonafideGail]

Thank you.

[@Darksagan]

Very clear explanation...like water.

[@Amazingpally]

There is an experience recorded, which becomes knowledge. From that knowledge thought arises and action takes place. Experience, memory and knowledge are limited; therefore, thought is limited. Time is the past modifying itself in the present and becoming the future. The observer is the observed. The observed ends when observation without abstraction is.

[@preetidevi6508]

Thank you sir ..... Be brave enough.. And do not go on nagitive comment.. And thanks for helping..

[@DuniaSonia]

Thank u 🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@jagadishsubedi9363]

great lesson lama la love from kathmandu

[@cynthiabowkett4082]

oh how i would like to just meditate, my mind goes all over the place none stop .

[@senthilkumaravel1830]

Mingyur Rinpoche used to say, if you are aware that your mind goes all over the place, you already have the awareness of your mind. And this is completely normal. This will get subside over the period of time. And It happens to every person, even, who practices meditation for long time. But just continue the practice. You will start to enjoy watching your mind. :)

[@JodBless]

It's funny because once I got trauma induced DPDR I also became really aware of my awareness and suddenly everything feels really far away and surreal and life has no meaning anymore because I realized meaning is just a social construct and this is the story of how I got into absurdism, thanks for coming to my tedtalk

[@ym3306]

Phenomenon in plural is phenomena!

[@FannySMUDGE]

Basically apply an element of deliberation to your actions.

[@balasahebkashid5452]

very nice. very perfect 👌 and very true. I liked. good luck

[@IamSpiritful]

Very nice and simple explanations. Thank you very much.

[@Li_ShuWei]

To answer one of the comments, bad is still bad , good is still good, the only difference is you are not controled by the emotion that caused by them, therefore you have more freedom, and this new you is sitting in distance watching you, either pain or joy will not overflow or should say flooded causing unwanted side affect. --note: I am not into any of the Buddhism, I am just use my common sense here.

[@maitisanw.j7453]

Very good to talk about meditations when you are single no wife nor children not even God. But when you have families you have no time to meditate but just to be busy with life full of responsibilities. And when you have God you would have to th8nk about Him and His love His mercy His Holiness and to see ourself that we are not Holy like Him and not good and perfect like God, but full of sinful life, that we need to be come pure as clear water and to do away with our sinful ways and thoughts. Meditations can't make us Holy but knowing God's Holiness can draw us to Him for His Power to become pure like a Cristal clear water.

[@Huba_ha]

Meditation helps a lot for lucid dream

[@nathanielpaul6596]

Belief is powerful

[@jom.a.md.s.h.2206]

Namo Buddhay 🙏🙏🙏

[@redglazedeyez6652]

He cracks me up