unconsciousness, lack of awareness, tamas

unconsciousness, lack of awareness, tamas, all exist continuously in the unawakened being. there is no end to the loss of awareness and constant reaction to the world of desire and impulse. the system has 3 states of unconsciousness, first, you dont know you dont know, second, you think you know but you dont know, and third, you know you dont know. its is only from the third state of unconsciousness that spiritual development can progress. the humility of the mind, the ego stops pushing relentlessly out and into everything around it and realizes it is the limited aspect of the being, the unaware portion of consciousness. when this finally occurs, the ego stops dominating long enough to actually perceive its own false structures that it builds endlessly to support its unending rule over the world it perceives to be a threat and is constantly protecting itself from. there is no end to the fear and desire the ego can create and multiply upon the unconscious mind. once the awareness comes that all this is false and that the self is completely unaware of any true reality, only then can true seeking begin. as the seeker moves into the world of truth, the exploration of what is separate from the ego created illusions of what it perceives, then the true experiences that bring the opening to the divine can begin. all life is a rush to what the ego perceives as a threat, which is the fear of death. once the seeker knows death as truth, then all fear dissolves and the ego loses its ability to control the actions of the being.