The Field of Awareness

If consciousness is not personal, what does it mean we earn the chance for better opportunities or for better choices? Itā€™s like consciousness is the field, the field; karma is still content. One has not escaped content yet. To go beyond karma means to have escaped the limitation of content. Consciousness is infinite context. It has no form, like the sky. Karma would be like a cloud. It still has form; it hangs loose within the sky; itā€™s within the sky. So, karma then would be the consequence of oneā€™s spiritual decisions have an influence on the shape of the cloud, but consciousness is like the sky. The field of consciousness which is impersonal is unaffected by the cloud. Where the cloud goes in the sky will depend on its shape, size, consistency, humidity, barometric pressure, and many things, yes? You see, in the meditative technique to realize the Presence of God, one
goes back from identifying with the content of consciousness to the field itself to realize that I am not the content of the mind; I am that upon which the mind is playing, see? Itā€™s like I am the receiver and not the notes of the music. The receiver remains the same no matter what music is
playing on it.Ā  You all of a sudden jump from identifying with the contentā€”I am those thoughts, words, images and memoriesā€”to I am That which empowers them to become known. So, you become the knower of the field. You become the witness. You become, at a certain level, the experiencer.

The Path to Spiritual Advancement: Ch. 9, pg. 199-200 – this is a newly released book available through Amazon and Hay House, Inc.