When Awareness Seems Like an Object

"In meditation, when I turn my attention back to awareness, it becomes confusing because awareness seems to become an object of perception. How can awareness be aware of itself without creating duality? Rupert says: ‘Being aware of being aware, or the awareness of being – it’s suggested that awareness is the subject and being seems to be the object. But actually, being aware of being aware is the same experience as just being. Which is why I use the phrase “simply being” these days. It’s just a manner of speaking. There’s no real subject-object relationship there. When you simply rest as being, there’s just pure subjectivity, no object. Your attention gets nervous because it’s looking for something to become aware of, but in pure being there’s nothing to find – just rest there without seeking an object.’"

From event 05 - 12 October, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 5–12 October 2025

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