The Importance of Awareness in Meditation

Driti-gritaya means focus or concentration. It saturates our understanding with this way of thinking. Unless we do this, it will not result in full blown enlightenment. But this is also an attempt. That's why it can be done and it can be undone - that's the nature of meditation. Shankaracharya says. Gar of Mital says, nachayang sthita shiallati taktva. Does it mean that when this mind in waking state recognizes that I am Brahman, that this recognition will carry over to the states like dream state, deep sleep and after death? Yes, I understand that I am awareness is always true