The Importance of Refined State of Consciousness

Ajahn Mahabua is one of the great Thai forest masters. He says we need to relate to consciousness itself in this very refined state. As long as there is any identification at all with anything, even with consciousness, we are creating that reference point of self. So in our practice, through mindfulness, through investigation, through wisdom, we keep deconstructing the sense of self until only the genuine ease remains.