Difference between consciousness and awareness ?

[HlynurT]

Hi!
The concepts of consciousness and awareness confuses, what's the main difference between consciousness and awareness ?
Also I've noticed that when I'm doing things I don't WANT to do, such as just lying on my bed and daydreaming and playing flash games on the internet I feel like I'm on "autopilot" so living consciously mean that I turn of that autopilot and actually do something ?
Thanks!

[coLLege kid07]

Originally Posted by HlynurT

Hi!
The concepts of consciousness and awareness confuses, what's the main difference between consciousness and awareness ?
Also I've noticed that when I'm doing things I don't WANT to do, such as just lying on my bed and daydreaming and playing flash games on the internet I feel like I'm on "autopilot" so living consciously mean that I turn of that autopilot and actually do something ?
Thanks!

From my understanding...I'm not quite so sure about this... Consciousness is how great your connection is to the source. The more conscious you are the more you are connected to the source. Furthermore, awareness is just the fact that you realise you are conscious. You are aware you have consciousness right now, and you are aware you are reading this post. I hope that helps.

[Jarrod]

I conceive consciousness to be like a substance, that same as you could consider the mind to be a substance.

Awareness is a state of being, you be in awareness. In this state your ability to perceive externally and internally is much more active. Essentially your consciousness or essence becomes more active.

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by HlynurT

Hi!
The concepts of consciousness and awareness confuses, what's the main difference between consciousness and awareness ?
Also I've noticed that when I'm doing things I don't WANT to do, such as just lying on my bed and daydreaming and playing flash games on the internet I feel like I'm on "autopilot" so living consciously mean that I turn of that autopilot and actually do something ?
Thanks!

The difference between "consciousness" and "awareness" is a semantical distinction in my way of thinking. Consciousness could be defined simply as awareness of anything. A cognitive object is required to be conscious. This means that in order for something to be "conscious" there must be something to be "conscious of".

In more esoteric terms, we could describe consciousness as the affirmation of our existence itself -- the unextinguishable "I AM" that comprises our spiritual beingness.

Being on "autopilot" can sometimes be useful. It is the result of dissociation. It occurs sometimes because of boredom, but more specifically, because of a repeating set of cognitive objects (thoughts). When we perform a repetitive function, we eventually "learn it", and it doesn't require all of our mental energy to perform that task anymore, so the "robot" part of your mind on autopilot can perform the repetitive task, and the "witness" part of your mind can do something else that requires more awareness to perform.

Spiritually, there is great value living in the moment. Sometimes we get so used to letting the robot mind manage our affairs, that we also let it manage the moments we'd rather be fully conscious of. Sometimes we have to stop ourselves, make sure we are fully present, and smell the roses. Life can be magical if we allow it to be. To me, that is what "living consciously" is about.

[Johnny5]

Originally Posted by HlynurT

Hi!
The concepts of consciousness and awareness confuses, what's the main difference between consciousness and awareness ?
Also I've noticed that when I'm doing things I don't WANT to do, such as just lying on my bed and daydreaming and playing flash games on the internet I feel like I'm on "autopilot" so living consciously mean that I turn of that autopilot and actually do something ?
Thanks!

The consciousness is the mind...and the awareness is the cognition, it is the activity of the mind. When you notice something in your activities is called awareness. The noticing, the recognizing of benefits and non-benefits in your own activities is your mental awareness. Human beings have a tendency to live by the momentums of daily habits. Changing habit or start habit is depend on the pleasurable nature of the habits. Addictive habits because there are delightful pleasure experience from them. When your mind is sucking into the moment of pleasure, the awareness of that activities is powerless. Your aware become powerful only when you are away from that addictive activities.

Best Regards,

Johnny

[eputkonen]

Originally Posted by HlynurT

Hi!
The concepts of consciousness and awareness confuses, what's the main difference between consciousness and awareness ?
Also I've noticed that when I'm doing things I don't WANT to do, such as just lying on my bed and daydreaming and playing flash games on the internet I feel like I'm on "autopilot" so living consciously mean that I turn of that autopilot and actually do something ?
Thanks!

Often I use the terms consciousness and awareness interchangably, but it depends on the context and what is being spoken about.

There may be differences between consciousness and awareness, or there may be no differences between consciousness and awareness...whoever uses the terms, you must ask what they mean to understand what they are saying.

Living consciously is another concept entirely...living consciously also does not necessarily mean doing anything, just being aware of what is happening - as opposed to being unconscious of what is going on.