The subject of spiritualism fundamentally relates to two specific tenets, independent yet closely associated as one—awareness and consciousness. Like the sun and the light or the ocean and its waves, they associate as one in a force field relationship. However, the former in both examples is independent, and the latter is dependent. They may be synonymous, but their distinct characteristics persist even if we consider every quantum wave of energy to be the same in unity and continuity. A spiritual seeker needs to understand the difference between the two, that is, if one wishes to apprehend the subject of spiritualism correctly and with clarity.

Awareness and consciousness constitute the former being the subject and the latter its objective, the context, and its content. Spiritual awareness is nondual, whereas consciousness operates in duality; the mind must be conscious of this or exercise the power of choice. It means awareness is that quality and consciousness are its quantum. Both have a force field relationship and are the essence of the perception of all living creatures. These two factors are responsible for creating all the concepts devised by the human mind to decipher and determine, through evolution, the tangible and the intangible in totality—whatever we understand today of the whole universe. It means without awareness, there can be no consciousness. It is that transcendent state of non-duality, which we call the spirit. Awareness is always there before and after consciousness appears and disappears, meaning before birth and after death.

In science, Quantum Field Theory may be close to discovering the true nature of what is real in our subatomic world. Yet, differences of opinion amongst scientists remain regarding energy simultaneously behaving as a wave and a particle in duality. When an observer watches, quantum mechanics states particles can behave as waves. In other words, under observation, electrons are compelled to behave like particles, not waves. Hence, the mere act of observation affects the experimental findings. The question arises: To whom does matter appear as solid when it does not? It presupposes a subject, which is, in our case, beyond everything we perceive—the spirit of awareness as the highest attribute of energy, the only ultimate reality.

The source or the determinant factor regarding the ultimate knowledge is spiritual awareness. It is that divine within which allows the mind to become conscious of what it observes. I repeat, all existences in the universe prevail and persist only because of this highest attribute of energy manifesting as absolute awareness in mind, which—after extending into thoughts—become conscious to experience and infer upon the same, consciously or subconsciously. We need to understand the actual nature of our ultimate reality, one without a second, which never dies; the reason for the proclamation – That art Thou. It is that ‘I-less’ state of being-ness residing within the human mind, which we call the spirit or the faculty of awareness.

Consciousness is being aware and responsive to what the mind feels. It is that centralized thought of what we are without which we have no other way of knowing that we exist. It is the wakefulness that culminates in my individuality and uniqueness. I am already aware of the moment I wake up; I become conscious of who, what, and where I am. From the subatomic to the stars, probability waves of energy are vibrating and reverberating all around the universe. These waves remain intangible unless we observe them through our eyes as particles of light energy popping in and out of existence. They ripple and reverberate like waves of water in a pond.

I reiterate aware energy enables us to observe, measure, and determine all we know of the universe. Consciousness, on the other hand, is the greatest mystery of human life. Science is confused when it comes to understanding our abstract conscious entity. It agrees but does not know how this conscious principle awakens the brain-body connection. There is no uniformity even today among philosophers and scientists on the nature of our actual reality—whether it is awareness or in the form of our consciousness. Also, whether it is a construct of the mind or paranormal and supernatural. The confusion continues from belief to faith, and verifiable evidence has yet to materialize. Unfortunately, as in philosophy and science, we are more concerned with its resultant field of consciousness instead of probing the potential force of aware energy.

We need to keep three aspects in mind when we discuss consciousness. First, it is local to the object, meaning it requires an object to be conscious about getting attached to one out of the dual factors in the mind. Only after that does the mind use its intellect to rationalize and choose one of the two for its likes and dislikes. Second, it is entirely dependent upon awareness. Your mind can be conscious of something only after it is aware. Third, it expresses itself in the present moment. Consequently, the subconscious mind in lower consciousness takes over.

Every form of energy has a potent force with its respective kinetic field. Regarding our subject, energy on visual stimulation in higher frequencies creates visual awareness, which, after obtaining information, radiates a field that communicates in synchrony throughout the brain’s network of neural pathways. This force of aware energy radiates a field of consciousness—lowest, say, in the case of a rock and highest in the case of the human mind. Therefore, awareness is the ultimate primordial constituent of everything because being absolute is ascribed as the only unchanging, permanent existent original.

Consciousness, on the other hand, dissipates with the death of an object. However, awareness within the brain, the absolute nondual ingredient, progresses better amongst those living creatures well adapted to the environment towards a gradual evolution in cellular progression. The force of awareness retains its identity like the eternal sky. Alternately, consciousness is like those clouds that appear and disappear, losing their quality and, consequently, dispersing in the infinite space of the universe.

The essential difference between awareness and consciousness is that the former is the force of energy, like the sun, and the latter is its field of radiance, the brilliance it emits. Both are inherent and intrinsic to each other, like the sun and its rays of light or, say, also like the manner sparks emerge from the flames of any inflammable source.

In this manner, on one end, the human mind represents the psychological self, randomly working from its subconscious section in ego-consciousness. On the other hand, we have the witnessing self (soul) as the saviour, subtly checking upon that ego-self whenever it crosses any limits. The witnessing consciousness never realizes its full potentiality because the mind predominantly works from its subconscious section on autopilot, operating under desire and fear, randomly increasing its recklessness. The primary characteristic of any energy flow is to expand in randomness unless its flow is checked to evolve into its absoluteness, wholesomeness, or oneness from where it parted to experience something in higher consciousness.

Excerpt from the book ‘The Third Eye’- by Gian Kumar.

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