Let me clear up a small point of common definitions here. Awareness is defined for the purposes of recent and future discussions as the original state of mind. It is the receptive state of not-knowing. Consciousness is the state of recognition of an object, whether it is a rock nearby, a memory or an itching of the earlobe. Mind is defined as thinking about an object.
The problem here is that consciousness as defined above puts the entire world into an “us and them” context. We recognize Steven’s shoes, my keys, her groceries and so forth. A subtler problem is the nature of this mine/not mine distinction because it is an artifact of the ego, a self-sustaining mechanism that keeps the mind in an egocentric context. However, when one recognizes that one’s thoughts, possessions and tasks to perform are all objects in consciousness, it is a complete liberation. You have thoughts, but you are not your thoughts. You have keys and possessions, but you are not your possessions. You have tasks, but you are not your tasks. The recognition that all save the base Awareness are merely objects of consciousness, mere constructs removes feelings of attachment. Fundamental changes in perception take place, as ownership issues are deprioritized or fall away completely.
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