Goofaholix wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:50 pm
Observing the knower is a good practise, it's my primary practice these days. However union with what? there is nothing to unify with. Creating ideas about something else that one is somehow separated from and needs to unify with creates separation, creates dualism, creates suffering. Better to deal with direct experience and let go of these kinds of attachment.
Nice that you observe the knower.
Union with what? after experiencing a state where awareness is still, where the bodily awareness haven't arise yet. Its where you get the knowledge of deathless, eternal life and then can apply this knowledge during normal waking state.
The knowledge literally is lifeforce, it is substance and if it returns to its original cavity in heart it coagulates and it is what gives the awareness the luminous quality. Awareness itself is just an imprecise imputed term, you can reconcile with any doings what has to be done by having already knowledge about these things and could directly cultivate those.. you can't get mad about it if someone speaks about things what must be done.
Goofaholix wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:50 pm
Awareness is relatively still, and feels permanent, but it is not permanent. It is subject to impermance just like everything else, where is awareness when you sleep, or daydream, or have dementure, or are in a coma, or are dead? It may be present to some degree in these circumstances but it has changed. As it is impermanent it is not self.
i repeat there is unmoving solid state, you click into it suddenly after applying strong concentration(making yourself more aware) upon the taste of that awareness. But it is one time thing, it won't happen after you have the personal experience knowledge of it acquired even tho one will start circle through these stages regularly.