Yes, what’s happening doesn’t matter from the standpoint of pure awareness (even the worst suffering and pain, or the most sublime bliss and peace). Awareness is just aware of all of it but it doesn’t have any qualities – the word that comes to mind is “transparent”. Like a mirror that reflects everything without itself being anything that it reflects. That’s why the mind cannot compartmentalise awareness – it permeates all the compartments the mind can think of and yet it is none of it. It can never be lost or found. And, ultimately, it cannot really be spoken of, just maybe pointed to. I think I still had this subliminal belief that once the Truth is realised, there wouldn’t be suffering. I am starting to doubt it now. Currently my view is that absolutely anything, including what interpreted as suffering, can arise but it in no way affects the Truth. The Truth doesn’t “care”/”not care” about the character/world and its woes at all. Further…
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