I am Consciousness.
As Consciousness, I observe person (your name here) standing nearby in front of Me, looking at the world, gazing away from Me. I, Consciousness, observe it closely.
As Consciousness, I note the physical appearance of its body, when it was a child, was a youth. I note it is now an adult and note how its body is automatically changing, ageing, decaying, degenerating, undergoing the six modifications of gestation, birth, growth, maturity, decay and future death. I note its characteristics like height, weight, shape, its posture, typical ways of standing, walking, talking, interacting, doing actions. I note its state of physical health and illnesses.
As Consciousness, I note its mind. I observe its intellect with its thoughts, ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, its memories, its ignorance. I note its heart with emotions, desires, likes, dislikes, moods, hopes, feelings, elation at successes, disappointments with failures.
I, Consciousness, note that person (your name here) has forgotten Me, has identified itself with its body and mind, and has taken on the qualities of the body-mind as its own qualities. It has a sense of lack, limitation, mortality. I note its feeling of being incomplete, inadequate, lacking in resources, lacking in relationships. It has a feeling of being mortal and a fear of death, non-existence.
I, Consciousness, note it is temporary, changing, limited, finite, lacking, bound by space and time, a mere speck in the universe. It is made from the same material as the universe. From total causal matter, comes its individual causal body. From total subtle matter, energy, arises its individual subtle body. From total dense, tangible matter, stardust, is formed its individual physical body.
I, Consciousness, note the mind-body is an effect, bound and dependent for its existence. It is limited, incomplete, unfulfilling, inert matter, inherently lifeless, intrinsically dead. I note it is conditioned by gunas, the three forces in nature, affected by its past karma, by its personal tendencies, by space, by time. It is trapped in duality.
I, Consciousness, note its desire for a better understanding of itself, of its life and experiences, of finding meaning in its life and a desire to understand the world around it.
I, Consciousness, note its desire for spiritual growth, for an inner maturity beyond its personality, for the ability to handle the duality of life, both pleasant and unpleasant. I note its intense desire for freedom from suffering.
I, Consciousness, appreciate and love this person (your name here) as it is, here and now.
I, Consciousness, pervade and enliven this inert mind-body person. I lend life to it, vivify it, making it look alive, look sentient, look functioning, even doing action as thought, word and deed. But that only seems so, appears so, looks so. The mind-body remains inert, lifeless, dead, in itself, as such.
I, Consciousness, am aware of the difference between this person (your name here) and Me. I am aware this mind-body person is not Me. It is an object I have, an object in My Presence, appearing from Me, appearing different from Me, conditioned, inert.
I, Consciousness note that person (your name here) can be negated intellectually, negated cognitively. In effect, it is only seemingly existent, seems to be present. In reality, that observed person as such is as good as non-existent since it only seems to be present.
Looking at Myself, I, Consciousness, have features which are the exact opposite, diametrically different from the qualities of this person (your name here).
I, Consciousness, feel-recognise Myself, appreciate My nature of pure Presence of Be-ing, unconditioned Awareness, complete Fulfilment. This is My inherent nature, what I am, here and now. As Consciousness, I am pure, unassociated with matter, unconditioned. I am free from the gunas, beyond karma and its effects, beyond duality. I am formless, shapeless, therefore without a boundary, big, huge, limitless, infinite.
I am the Source, Matrix, Substrate from which the person, space and time, indeed, the world, the whole universe appears. I am beyond space and time, free from, distinct from, other than space and time. All beings, space, time, the universe, are objects in My Presence, appearing from Me, appearing different from Me, conditioned, inert.
I, Consciousness, am the source of permanent Peace, total Security and Safety, absolute Happiness, complete Fulfilment, here and now, whatever the circumstances.
I, Consciousness, am the unwitnessed Witness, the unknown Knower, the unobserved Observer, the unrecognised Recogniser, the unwatched Watcher, the unseen Seer.
I, Consciousness, am immortal; in reality, I am THE Immortal. I am eternal, THE Eternal. I am changeless, THE Changeless. I am limitless, THE Limitless. I am infinite, THE Infinite. I am complete, fulfilled, THE Complete-Fulfilled, here and now.
I am pure Consciousness, OM, the real meaning of ‘I’.
Consciousness, I.
OM. Peace. Peace. Peace.
