Absent-minded Awareness

If we take the term in a positive and creative sense, we could say that awareness is a state of absent-mindedness. The point here is that, when there is no mind to be absent, energy comes in, and so you are accurate, you are precise, your are mindful – but absent-minded at the same time. So maybe we can use the term absent-minded in this more positive sense, rather than in the conventional sense of being forgetful or constantly spaced out, so to speak. So whenever there is a message of awareness, then you are in it [you are aware] already. There is the state of absent-mindedness and mindfulness at the same time…..Approached in this way, mindfulness is no longer a problem, a hassle, or a big deal.

~ Chogyam Trungpa

Re: Absent-minded Awareness

I was fascinated by this teaching.I came across a simple description/examples/definitions of awareness in a recent book–“Move into life” by Anat Baniel.this is for beginners who are trying to understand “awareness and awaring” I  am aware that I joined the group only today!!

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Hi Roamer :-) Thanks for sharing that book. I have not read it, but will find it, it sounds interesting! I have enjoyed reading Chogyam Trungpa's teachings for a long time - one that really spoke to me was Shambala: Sacred Path of the Warrior

Welcome to the group!

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I enjoyed this. One of the lessons I coach to actors is “awareness of awareness” as one of the perceptions. Showing it on camera is giving the lines they are with in the moment a certainty to the audience as well as themselves. The quote removes what I call in a coined work, maundering (mental wandering) to create being with the moment & task at hand. I can think with this new concept of a saner method of absent-minded awareness. I looked up the book you mention roamer & will check it out along with Leigh Anne's recommendation.