You are not being asked to adopt a new belief.

You are being invited to observe experience more closely.

This section explores consciousness as it is lived — before explanation, before conclusion.

A distinction:

Thought is content.

Emotion is state.

Consciousness is the condition in which both arise.

Awareness is the openness in which consciousness itself appears.

In the pages ahead:

• Consciousness as personal identity
• Consciousness as modulation
• Consciousness within a wider field
• The practical implications of this shift