Consciousness is like a mirror; it reflects. A mirror reflects — it doesn't just reflect the beautiful or the ugly. If you really look into a mirror, it's reflecting whatever: the space, the neutrality, everything that is in front of it. Usually you can only notice the outstanding ones, the extremes of beauty or ugliness. But to awaken to the way it is, you're not looking at the obvious, but recognising the subtlety behind the extremes of beauty and ugliness. The sound of silence is like a subtlety behind everything that you awaken to, because you don't notice it usually if you're seeking the extremes.
Excerpted from Intuitive Awareness
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