Date: 01/20/2024 01/21/2024
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Jason
Sitting Meditation
The Relationship Between Meditation and Awareness
Meditation and awareness function like container and content: meditation provides the stable space, awareness brings depth. Together they complete the practice.
1. What Is Their Relationship?
Meditation stabilizes the body; awareness clarifies the mind. Meditation offers the form; awareness reveals the essence. Without meditation, awareness is unstable; without awareness, meditation becomes mechanical.
2. Core Links Between the Two
1.Stable body→ stable awareness.
2.Smooth breath → refined awareness.
3.Settled mind → deeper awareness.
4.Awareness improves posture.
5.Awareness is the purpose of meditation.
3. How Meditation Supports Awareness
1.Less external distraction.
2.Heightened sensitivity.
3.Sustained attention.
4.Steady breath calming the mind.
5.A safe inner space.
4. How Awareness Deepens Meditation
1.Noticing tension improves alignment.
2.Noticing thoughts prevents distraction.
3.Noticing emotions prevents entanglement.
4.Noticing breath stabilizes practice.
5.Noticing relaxation deepens softness.
5. Facts About Meditation and Awareness
Does meditation require intense focus?
No—awareness is gentle, open attention.
Does awareness require analysis?
No—awareness sees, not interprets.
Can meditation exist without awareness?
Yes, but it becomes empty form.
Conclusion
Meditation and awareness complete each other. When meditation stabilizes and awareness illuminates, the mind naturally becomes clear and steady.
