How can you use "'awareness' and 'observing' synonymously"
????
Awareness comes from observing... observing does not necessarily
lead to awareness...
You tell people, you need to be aware and people ask you, how to be
aware?
Of course you tell them, well you need to observe carefully and
when you observe details that you did not notice previously, you
become aware.
This is called explaining.
Not awareness is awareness.
How would anyone know that the first awareness is awareness and the
second awareness in that sentence is observation?
Whereas you tell people, when you meditate, you are trying to
observe things that you did not notice before.... people can have a
meaningful meditation practice.
or you can tell people, when you meditate you become relaxed, and
to meditate for relaxation, you focus on one thing and only one
thing, you are NOT trying to become aware of things that you did
not notice before. If you trying to become aware, you mindfully
observe the smallest details of the thoughts in your head.
For relaxation, you focus only on one thing and in so doing, you
relax your mind and your body becomes relaxed.
When you are confused between observations and awareness, you
cannot tell people this.
