Difference between consciousness, awareness, concentration

[StarStruck]

Is there a source or good book that explains the differences between these metaphysical phenomena? Sometimes I get confused about them.

[Leo Gura]

No book can explain to you what consciousness is.

Edited October 5, 2022 by Leo Gura

[StarStruck]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

No book can explain to you what consciousness is.

So what can?

[Harsh Bagdia]

If you have cracked it many times then you can remember that time and answer for yourself. 

Assuming you don't know the difference,

I can be a source to help you understand the difference.

If you are interested go ahead with this.

Before we move ahead can we discard the concept "metaphysical phenomena" here? Because it has that baggage to it that it's out of this world. 

What I am gonna share is what is the difference between consciousness, awareness and concentration in our present reality. 

So we will proceed by me asking some questions and you answering them.

Please try to limit your mental chatter and concentrate just on the question and it's answer. 

Are you conscious of the fact that you are currently reading this sentence? 

Are you conscious of the fact that you are able to understand and read and think and write?

Are you conscious of the fact that you are alive?

Are you conscious of the wonderful world around you? 

.......

So this is consciousness. Direct knowing. We as conscious agents of God/Infinity/Shiva have no limits to what we can become conscious of. 

It's really great. 

Concentration is when we focus our powers on some aspect of consciousness. Like you are concentrating now on reading this so to understand this and not on other things. And I am concentrating on writing and being as clear as possible for me at the moment.  

Awareness and conciousness can be used interchangeably if you are just staring to understand yourself. 

If you consider yourself advanced then I can share something which can help you. 

We use awareness for describing the nature of consciousness.

It's aware. 

All the time. 

Every nanosecond. It is aware. It's always aware. In sleep also. It's aware of the every lie we say to ourselves and others. It's aware of every courageous thing we do. Every good thing we do. Every time we smile. Everytime we cry. Everytime we get angry. 

It's its nature to be aware. 

IT can't help it but to be aware. 

You won't stop being aware ever. 

Awareness is your superpower. 

To conclude my answer,

Consciousness is what You are. 

Concentration is what You use to play around with your powers. 

Awareness is God's gift to us we may say. 

Thankyou for reading. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Leo Gura]

50 minutes ago, StarStruck said:

So what can?

Only Awakening.

If you knew what consciousness was, you'd be Awake.

Edited October 5, 2022 by Leo Gura

[StarStruck]

@Harsh Bagdia thanks, that helped.

I now understand how stupid my question was but it is so typical for me since I disregard direct experience for being in my head and mentally masturbating about it.

I'm doing more meditation and I'm already getting a feeling for what you said.

My problem is concentration which is an important component of understanding consciousness. I might have ADD or autism which makes it more difficult.

[Tyler Robinson]

@StarStruck it's something that you need to experience. Book won't do that