It is only by the practice of meditation that we achieve the silence of mind which makes inevitable an awareness that thought is sensing. In somewhat the same manner as an adept juggles chainsaws, the mind produces thought to consciousness. The pre-conscious awarenesses that become thought are those which are pushed to the front of the line by instinct and habit. They become sensed, and enter the realm of consciousness. If thought were not sensed into being there would be no thought. Thought is a self generated sensation.
If we abide in that Awareness which is the precursor of consciousness our sensing becomes pre-lingual, and our thought flows like a sylvan stream. It is inevitable that watersheds be harnessed for millponds and turbines, and it is inevitable that in the sensing which is thought, consciousness come to dominate awareness. It is a matter of utility.
It is meditation that quickens the native state of Awareness to consciousness, refreshing our senses and awakening innocence in our thought. And it is quite remarkable the expanse of our awareness when sensing is master of consciousness.
