Stories of Awakenings

You can never believe that you are the story of your And so, what happens when you awaken on the level of mind is you had, say, if this is these bells are your thoughts, right? And then this is your sense of a self, or your awareness, it's grasping the bells, right? So, it goes, oh, this is what I am, I'm the bells. And then, when you have an awakening, the bells disappear, and then what's left is just what's grasping.

You see? And you go, oh, I'm not grasping anything anymore. Oh, so I'm not the bells. What am I?

And it creates this temporary gap, right? The identity dies temporarily in the awakening. And then you're left with this gap, and the bells eventually come back, and the identity comes back. And now, the difference after you've had an awakening on the level of mind is you can never fully believe that whatever is in your mind is what you are, right?

You can never believe that you are the bells. You can never believe that you are the story of your mind.