Establishing the mind in witnessing consciousness through Self-Enquiry.

If we are aware in simple things like taking a tea,perceiving its flavor,the taste and smell of it,be with the sensation that occurs when tea passes from tongue,throat,
esophagus,stomach,the sense of gratification after taking
required amount of tea-all these are perceptions rather than thought.To be with the perception amounts to be with the Self,then the common act of taking tea becomes sacred.This applies to all acts of life and life consists of
simple things.It is the intereference of thought that complicates life where
thought functions where it is not expected to involve.Thought happens
only when we are unaware.So if we bring the quality of awareness into
daily acts of life thought does not interfere in situations where its role is not
there.
But if you are lost in thoughts while taking tea you are away
from the Self and you are caught in the network of thought
which is nonself.So if you are aware in simple things you will
not miss the witnessing consciousness in the transitional state.The essence of witnessing state is awareness i.e perception which is blissful intrinsically.So if we are not
distracted by thought most of the time because we are aware
in acts of daily life,we develop the capacity to establish in the witnessing consciousness.Mind is a perceiving instrument in the phenomenal reality.
The senses are the extensions of the mind to perceive things in the phenomenal reality.During pure perception,pure awareness flows through
the mind and senses.Mind with perception minus thought is no mind state
and then mind is established in witnessing consciousness.If thought contaminates perception then it is an altered state of consciousness(malina
chaitanya),then it is a compound consciousness,no longer pure consciousness.In daily life thought is required for measuring,reasoning,
discrimination.But to establish in witnessing consciousness it is the perceptive part of the mind that is required and here if you use thought it becomes a
hindrance.Thought is limited and it is useful to know limited things of phenomenal reality.But witnessing consciousness is unitary whole and so to
know it is to "be" it.So thought has no place to function here.Many spiritual
disciplines use thought to know the Self but obviously it is a futile excercise.
Then they say realising the Self requires many,many lives of spiritual discipline.The delay in realizing is due to wrong understanding of things but
not difficulty in "being" as the Self.Our nature is Self then how can it be difficult to establish in it.For right understanding Self-enquiry is the way
so that the pilgrimage from personality which is essentially a net work of thought to individuality which is essentially thought-free perceiving state
becomes easy.Bringing the quality of awareness is the essence of
Self-Enquiry.