Living as an Instrument vs. As a Co-creator with Life
I was reflecting on why the mind-body reacts differently in the same situation — and was amazed to see this:
When I took the position of the witnessing awareness, the body-mind simply acted as a tool, reflecting what was appropriate in that moment. But when I identified with the body-mind, “I am this thought,” “I am this emotion,” the instrument started running on past conditioning and instinctual reactions. It’s no longer guided by awareness but by memory, habit, and fear.
Why is that so?
The mind is nothing more than the remembered content that awareness has perceived — bodily sensations, emotions, reactions, and images or perceptions of objects. In other words, the mind is reflection of form. It is limited to the range of forms a person has encountered. When a person likes or dislikes certain forms, they become attached to them — this is what we call attachment or bondage. Thus, when awareness moves through (or identifies with) the mind-body, it too becomes confined to a person’s limited experience, dominated by the body’s instinct for survival.
Awareness itself, however, is not a thing — it is the luminous space of living energy in which all things appear.
When awareness perceives a situation, it becomes one with it and sees the whole picture — even perceiving new aspects within what once seemed familiar. When you rest as that awareness, perception is no longer filtered through past impressions (the mind) but arises directly from the living reality of the present moment.
Because awareness is one with all that is, its response is naturally attuned to the whole — not merely to the personal self. This is why the enlightened one acts effortlessly in harmony, without the need for thinking.
In this state, the body-mind continues to function, yet it becomes transparent.
The body-mind becomes “transparent” means there is no personal distortion.
Normally, thoughts and emotions act like colored glass — everything you perceive or express is tinted by “me”: my fears, my pride, my expectations. It is like stirred water: full of movements — thoughts, judgments, desires, fears. This restless surface distorts whatever passes through it.
When the mind merges with awareness, losing its separate turbulence and reflecting the very quality of awareness — still, luminous, spacious, intelligent. It becomes clear, allowing reality to be seen just as it is. You now act not as a person, but as life energy itself. It’s no longer “my mind” — it’s the mind of awareness itself, or some may call it the Universal Mind.
Struggle vs. Flow
Living as an Instrument vs. as a Co-creator with Life
When you live as the mind-body, your choices and perceptions are shaped by conditioning — desires, fears, social programming, or collective energy fields. You aren’t truly choosing how to live; you’re being moved by whatever pattern is stronger than you in that moment. In other words, you become an instrument to other energies.
“Other energies” could be:
The collective mind (trends, mass emotions, social media, politics).
A stronger individual consciousness (a teacher, a leader, or even a manipulator).
Or simply karma itself — the momentum of your own past patterns.
In all these cases, you function as an instrument for an energy field rather than an expression of your own awakened awareness, which connects to the larger field of awareness (the quantum field).
But when awareness becomes conscious of itself, you no longer move unconsciously. You might still cooperate with a greater intelligence (for instance, a teacher, a mission, or the divine flow), but now consciously, freely, lovingly — not as a servant of compulsion but as a co-creator with Life itself.
When awareness moves as attention — to see, speak, create, or help — it doesn’t lose its stillness. The seeing and the doing happen within that same silence.
So when realization deepens, stillness and movement are no longer two.
You can act, speak, decide — yet the quiet space never leaves.
That’s why the great Masters appear perfectly at peace while fully engaged in the world — their attention flows, but the ground of stillness remains unmoved.
So:
Living unconsciously = being an instrument of conditioning or others’ energy.
Living consciously = becoming an instrument of awareness — the highest intelligence there is.
And that shift — from being used by energy to channeling the energy — is the true beginning of mastery.
An example of how to function from stillness:
Say, you’re on stage, teaching from the depth of your realization.
If you’re identified with the speaker, you start thinking: Am I clear enough? Do they like me? — and energy contracts.
But when awareness is steady as the still space, words flow like a river. You feel the stillness watching even as you speak. The words carry the vibration of that silence — and your listeners feel peace as energy or vibration, not just information.
This is life lived from stillness. The seer (awareness), seeing (expression), and seen (audience/words) are one living field.
Practice for creative flow or solving problems in stillness:
Begin in Stillness
Before engaging the problem, let the mind quiet down. Feel yourself resting as awareness — the open, spacious presence behind all thought. You can ask yourself: what is the quality of being aware? That’s the quality of the Mind of God - as Deepak Chopra called it. Infinite potential is in that Mind of God.
Bring the Issue into Awareness
Gently place the problem in that space — not to analyze it or want a certain outcome, but to see it. Let it float in awareness space like an image in a mirror. Don’t rush to fix it; don’t try to control what appears. Awareness itself is intelligence — it begins to illuminate hidden connections.
The mind will want to jump in with effort and logic. Let it rest for a moment. Remain as the still watcher, but alert — this is the fine balance between rest and readiness.
Watch What Emerges and Act with Simplicity:
Suddenly, insights, images, or impulses begin to arise — sometimes subtle, sometimes like a lightning flash. This is awareness “answering.” It organizes the field of thought and energy to reveal what serves the whole.
Once clarity appears, act immediately but watchfully, carefully — no overthinking. The action that comes from stillness carries coherence; it moves the right people, events, and timing effortlessly.