Revision: 2 July 2025
When we speak of spiritual awakening, what is it that wakes up?
It is consciousness wakes up.
To the extent that consciousness and awareness overlap, it is the consciousness aspect of consciousness-awareness that wakes up.
Because of the overlap, when consciousness is awake, we might say that awareness is aware of itself. We might also use the phrase “awake awareness.”
Pure awareness is already awake.
Importantly, ego does not wake up. The patterns of ego release and what remains is intrinsic awakeness.
How does consciousness become unawakened?
The Ontology offers helpful background.
Consciousness emerges when awareness has been dialed down by 6%.
Consciousness gets confused when awareness has been dialed down by 21%. Equally, unawake consciousness emerges when awareness has been dialed down by 21%. Confusion and unawakeness are intimately connected.
Unconsciousness – as in profound dissociation from Truth of certain processes of consciousness – emerges when awareness has been dialed down by 31%.
Where is humanity now? As of July 2025, the awareness of humanity is dialed down by 40.5%.
When there is no unconsciousness, there is no death. Deathlessness is remembered when awareness is dialed down by ≤ 31%. The experience of enlightenment without remainder (not leaving a body) is available when awareness is dialed down by ≤ 11%.
When we speak of cessation, as in nirvana, what is it that ceases?
Mind ceases altogether. This is to say that all levels of mind from the small mind to the cosmic mind to Supreme Mind stop “minding.” Minding includes (1) denying Truth, (2) tracking the infinite information of creation, and (3) the thinking of ordinary mind. When Mind ceases, creation disappears and Truth simply is.
What remains in cessation?
Apex awareness and apex knowing of THE SUPREME. Apex clarity regarding Supreme Nature. Apex presence as THE SUPREME. Apex recognition that there is only THE SUPREME.
THE SUPREME remains since there only THE SUPREME is.
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