时间：10/18/2025 10/19/2025
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
打坐参禅
觉知恒常不灭
禅修的核心不在于追求境界，而在于回到觉知本身。境界会生灭，情绪会起伏，念头会来去，身体会变化，但觉知始终在那里——如同天空不因云的来去而动摇。因此说，觉知恒常不灭。这不是指一种永恒的实体，而是指觉知的特性：随时可被发现、永不真正消失、始终向你开放。
一、什么是“觉知”？
1.不是思想，而是照见思想的明
念头可以停止，觉知不会停止。
2.不是情绪，而是承载情绪的空间
情绪会起伏，而觉知从未被污染。
3.不是感受，而是能觉受的能力
感受变化无常，觉知始终清亮。
4.觉知是当下的直接体验
不是概念，也不是想象。
二、为什么说觉知恒常不灭？
1.因为觉知从未真正离开过你
念头越多，觉知越被遮盖；念头越少，觉知越显露。
2.因为无论发生什么，觉知都在场
痛苦、快乐、困惑、悲伤，都有一个“觉察它”的明亮背景。
3.因为觉知不是制造出来的
不是修出来的，也不是谁给予的，它本来就在，只是你是否看见。
4.因为觉知不是“我”
若觉知是“我”，就会变化、被冒犯、被伤害；但觉知从未发生这些。
三、觉知如何在禅修中显现？
1.当念头静下来时
不是因为努力，而是因为心松开。
2.当身体放松时
觉知流动得更自然、更轻柔。
3.当不再追逐境界时
觉知才会显露它的“无境界性”。
4.当你回到“只是觉知”
觉知自己会亮起来，不需刻意。
四、觉知恒常的特征
1.开阔
觉知像容纳一切的天空。
2.明亮
无需对象也能保持清醒。
3.静定
不是死寂，而是无扰的宁静。
4.不执著
觉知不追求，也不拒绝任何经验。
五、觉知恒常不灭带来的转变
1.不再被念头牵走
念头变得透明，心自由许多。
2.不再被情绪淹没
情绪仍有力量，但不会再控制你。
3.对世界的反应减少，回应增加
你从自动化反应走向清明的选择。
4.人生轻盈许多
因为你不再紧抓虚幻的“我”。
六、如何稳定这种觉知？
1.停止试图抓住觉知
觉知不是“得到”的，而是“看见”的。
2.在每个当下练习回到“知道”
呼吸、身体、声音、念头……都能成为回到觉知的入口。
3.把觉知带入生活
行、住、坐、卧皆可练习。
4.不急、不求、不造作
觉知本来在，不需你制造。
总结
觉知不是生灭的经验，而是承载一切经验的明亮背景。它不依赖境界，不依赖情绪，不依赖念头，因此称为恒常不灭。找到它、信任它、停在它，修行便自然深化。
Date: 10/18/2025 10/19/2025
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Sitting Meditation
Awareness: Ever-Present and Unfading
The essence of meditation is not attaining special states but returning to awareness itself.Experiences come and go, emotions rise and fall, thoughts appear and vanish, the body constantly changes—yet awareness remains, untouched and ever-present.“Awareness is unfading” does not mean it is an eternal entity, but that awareness is always available, never lost, and always here when noticed.
1.What Is Awareness?
1.Not thought, but what knows thought
Thought stops; awareness does not.
2.Not emotion, but the space in which emotion arises
Emotions fluctuate; awareness remains clear.
3.Not sensation, but the capacity to feel
Sensations change; awareness is constant.
4.Direct experience of the present moment
Not conceptual, not imagined.
2.Why Is Awareness Ever-Present?
1.Because it has never left
Only obscured by mental noise.
2.Because it is present in every experience
Pain, joy, confusion, peace—all are illuminated by the same knowing.
3.Because awareness is not created
It cannot be produced or destroyed.
4.Because awareness is not “self”
If it were the self, it would change—but it never does.
3.How Does Awareness Reveal Itself in Meditation?
1.When thinking quiets down
The background clarity becomes obvious.
2.When the body relaxes
Awareness flows naturally.
3.When you stop chasing states
Awareness is seen to be independent of experience.
4.When you rest in simple knowing
Awareness brightens by itself.
4.Qualities of Ever-Present Awareness
1.Spacious
Like sky that holds all clouds.
2.Luminous
Clear even without an object.
3.Still
Not inert, but undisturbed.
4.Non-clinging
It grasps nothing and rejects nothing.
5.Transformations Brought by Recognizing Awareness
1.Thoughts lose their power
They float lightly instead of dominating.
2.Emotions no longer overwhelm
They arise, but you remain free.
3.Less reaction, more conscious response
Clarity replaces impulsiveness.
4.Life becomes lighter
Because the sense of “I” loosens.
6.How to Stabilize This Awareness
1.Stop trying to hold it
Awareness is not an object but a recognition.
2.Return gently to “knowing” throughout the day
Breath, body, sound, thought—all point back to awareness.
3.Bring awareness into daily life
Meditation continues in every posture.
4.No striving, no forcing
Awareness is already here.
Conclusion
Awareness is not an experience but the ever-present background of all experience.It changes nothing, yet illuminates everything.When you recognize and trust this unfading awareness,practice deepens naturally.
