{"id":343,"date":"2026-06-27T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:15:12","slug":"falling-out-of-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/falling-out-of-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling Out Of Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/falling-1-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/falling-1-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/falling-1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/falling-1-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/falling-1.png 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enlightenment is NOT recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recognition is a function of the thinking mind. The word itself literally means \u201cto know again.\u201d It requires memory, comparison, and thought. It is, by definition, a mental process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But true awakening is not a thought at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s like falling out of bed while you\u2019re asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One moment, you\u2019re asleep. The next moment, you slam into the floor, and you\u2019re suddenly, undeniably awake. You don\u2019t think about it. You don\u2019t analyze it. You don\u2019t recognize anything. You just <em>know<\/em> it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sudden, undeniable knowing is what awakening actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlightenment is NOT recognition. Recognition is a function of the thinking mind. The word itself literally means \u201cto know again.\u201d It requires memory, comparison, and thought. It is, by definition, a mental process. But true awakening is not a thought at all. It\u2019s like falling out of bed while you\u2019re asleep. One moment, you\u2019re asleep. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}