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What does it mean?
Experience is not something we observe but something we embody; awareness is our core identity.
In plain terms
You are not separate from your experiences; you are the awareness itself.
What can you take from it?
Identify with awareness rather than external events.

Where it applies

  • meditation
  • self inquiry
  • philosophical study

Putting it to work

  • practice self observation
  • cultivate awareness

Questions to consider

  • Who are you when you stop identifying with thoughts?
  • Can you separate yourself from your experience?

Another view

This view may conflict with beliefs in a separate self.

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