Periodically I like to restate my impressions of what the awareness path is, incorporating what I’ve learned since the last time I attempted it. Please allow me to restate it here.

First of all, I see no difference between “awareness” and “consciousness.” I use the two terms interchangeably.

Whenever we speak of a path, what we imply is that we’ve taken the full spectrum of events and limited our attention to one aspect of it – for the sake of focusing our attention. From that we develop a discipline, practice, or “path.”

Some might say they follow the “bhakti” path, the path of loving devotion to God or a form of God.

They withhold their attention from other aspects or facets of life such as, say, “jnana,” the path of wisdom.

When we…