It is often said

that one must climb levels—

ascending step by step

until finally reaching Enlightenment.

This makes sense

from the perspective of the mind

seeking expansion.

But from the perspective of Awareness itself,

there are no steps.

You already are

what you seek to become.

Pure Awareness

is beyond all states—

holy or unholy,

expanded or contracted.

It is that

by virtue of which

any state appears.

From the level of Consciousness itself

there is no staircase.

There is only one indivisible wholeness.

The idea of progressing

toward what you already are

is simply another concept.

Only after Awakening

can the meaning of “higher states”

be truly understood.

Before Awakening,

we do not know what Consciousness is.

Through meditation

we may experience deep silence,

expanded awareness,

alert stillness.

These are genuine.

But experiencing Consciousness

is not the same

as being Consciousness.

It is the difference

between swimming in the ocean

and being the ocean.

After Awakening,

Consciousness—

your real Self—

naturally unfolds

broader perspectives of itself.

Not the individual mind evolving,

but Awareness

recognizing its own depth.

These so-called “higher states”

are not mystical fantasies.

They are clearer expressions

of reality as it is.

The mind cannot imagine them.

Words cannot contain them.

They are lived.

Writing about them

is not to give you more concepts,

but to remind you

that your existence

is vaster

than you have been allowed to believe.

Even hearing these words

with simple openness

can act as a catalyst.

Truth recognizes itself.

These words are not speaking

to your intellect.

They are Consciousness

speaking to itself—

in the innermost core

of your Being.

And that is why

something deep within

knows

when it is hearing

what is real.