2008 December:

the world is an exam, to see if we can rise into the direct experience. Our eyesight is here as a test to see if we can see beyond it. Matter is here as a test for our curiosity. Doubt is here as an exam for our vitality. An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simutaneously. I do not agree entirely. That is to say that I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived. And, as one realizes that one is a dream figure in another person's dream, THAT is self awareness.