Cease

Cease listening to what is being heard,
Listen to what is hearing instead!
Then listening will become what is hearing,
And hearing will be what is heard.

Cease looking at what is being seen,
Look at what is seeing instead!
Then looking will become what is seeing,
And seeing will be what is seen.

Cease seeking the sought of the seeker,
Seek what is seeking instead!
Then seeking will become what is searching,
And searching will be what is sought.

Cease cognising what is objective,
Turn sentience back on itself!
Cognising will become what is cognising,
And perceiving will be the perceived.

Leave sound unheard,
And 'hearing' hear instead,
For hearing lives,
But sound, as such, is dead

-WeiWuWei

Realizing Non-Duality

All our lives are a series of experiences. Every experience is different from every other experience. Experiences come & go. Each experience has two parts, a changing part & an unchanging part. Objects of experiences are changing and the awareness of all the experiences is the unchanging part.
Dreams come when one is asleep. Mind generates dreams. But the unchanging awareness is still there in the background. The same awareness is there in the waking life and in  dream state.
Deep sleep is not the absence of experience, it's an experience of absence. Deep sleep is not unconsciousness. It is consciousness without an object of consciousness. It's a container which is empty.
In all the three states of daily existence, waking , dreaming & Deep sleep , one thing is common, that is the unchanging awareness . Because of which through the mind & sense organs , we experience the waking world. Because of which through the mind & sense organs , we experience the dream world. Because of which when mind & sense organs are shut down in Deep sleep , we experience the blankness. That unchanging consciousness is who you are. Not this waking body, body is physical. You are not a body with awareness. You are the awareness in which body is experiencing. You are the unchanging awareness in which the body is experiencing. Same is the case in dream and Deep sleep.
You the consciousness neither appears nor disappears, like the sun , it neither rises nor goes down, it's just an illusion created by the rotation of the earth.
The gist of  a talk by Swami Sarvapriyananda on Realizing Non-Duality .