Q5-20080627-Larry_Rosenberg-IMSRC-taking_a_fresh_look_at_life_on_retreat_part_4-3767 Leandra Tejedor

Talk: 20080627-Larry_Rosenberg-IMSRC-taking_a_fresh_look_at_life_on_retreat_part_4-3767 Leandra Tejedor.json Start_time: 01:05:29 Display_question: Is there a difference between self-consciousness and awareness? Keyword_search: self-consciousness, awareness, preoccupation, meditator, clear mirror, Question_content: Questioner: Could you comment a little bit on, I don’t even know if there is a difference, between self-consciousness and awareness? Larry: Sure. Self-consciousness is preoccupation. There's a lot of me in there. Am I a good meditator? Awareness has nothing in… it's just a clear mirror. Put this in front of it, shows it. Self-consciousness, it's a burden. Does anyone enjoy being self-conscious? Let's say you're shy, you come into a party, you don't know anyone, and you're self-conscious. The body language changes, whereas awareness is, free of everything, that we're talking about. It just sees that's the beauty of it. So that's one way of looking at it. End_time: 01:06:17