Perhaps, becoming is the default setting, of the human mind, for we are always trying to become something, other than what we are? However this requires awareness. Awareness is something we automatically are, without effort. Therefore I think we can conclude that awareness is our default setting. Our automatic thought process blocks the process of simply being aware.
There's a slight twist, in that we must be aware of our awareness. Just suppose if you will, that we were not constantly being swept along by our thinking. What might our awareness reveal, "if anything"? To understand this, it is said that one must meditate. However meditation is "becoming" simple awareness seems to be a key. Awareness being the natural state of the mind requires no effort, therefore one could say that the churning thought process is not natural.
Let us stay aware of this and see if anything happens. Please report back to me if you uncover anything.
DT
From another post:
What is perceiving this non reality? what is creating the illusion? Can the intellect answer these questions? What is the base of the human experience? The mind without effort is aware. Thinking obscures our awareness, what would our conscious lives look like if thought wasn't always running unchecked? It is said that being aware brings silence an abatement of thought. In this silence there is tentatively something else operating. perhaps it is the understanding we seek. I am not claiming to know anything this is just my opinion. I think the truth is very simple.
And another:
It is an interesting question to ponder, "what if any, is the default setting of the human mind?" "Becoming" is that it? Everyone seems to be in a state of trying to achieve something, to become better, at what they perceive themselves to be. Yet to become requires awareness, hence awareness may be the default setting of the human mind/brain. We must be aware that we are aware!
Why do thoughts arise on their own volition? This happens when we are consciously trying to navigate the things in our life. Awareness is just there in stillness, when we are not becoming. Doesn't this lead one to consider, is this awareness "deeper" when our thoughts are in abeyance? Our thought process is vital to our survival yet much of our thinking arises from our programed unconscious mind. If we are aware of this involuntary process then our unsolicited thoughts will gradually subside. Now consider this awareness minus our compulsive thinking. This will be something entirely new, (just what) we must find out for our selves. It seems possible that this could lead us to what is natural, our true nature. Also consider with thoughts arising, without choice, is like being nearly unconscious. Surely this is a state that is unnatural, meaning that there possibly must be a natural state i e, awareness. It seems we are unaware of how much we are trapped inside of our own programed thinking. We are living in a kind of darkness, which helps explain the current state of world affairs.
In a state of awareness one is not trying to become something, the default setting of awareness is already there, this eliminates the need for us to do anything (becoming) except to be aware that we are aware. We can call this meditation as long as we are not trying to become, what we already are.
This is DT on the road, to the absence of conflict and true natural freedom.
