Eckhart TolleNYT Bestselling author of the Power of Now

Can You Be Aware That You Are Aware?

19 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief teaching, Eckhart Tolle explores the concept of being aware of one's own awareness. He notes that the phrasing of the question creates an artificial duality, implying a separate 'I' observing awareness. Tolle clarifies that there is no separation; the individual is the awareness itself. He reframes the idea by stating that awareness becomes self‑aware, and that self‑aware awareness is what we are. The core message is a non‑dual perspective that dissolves the observer‑observed split.

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Can you be aware right now that you are aware? Can you be aware of your awareness? You might have noticed that when I talk about it, a duality seems to arise because I'm saying, 'Can you be aware of your awareness?' The sentence structure has created a duality as if there were 'I' who is being aware of the awareness. That's not true. There is not you and the awareness. You are the awareness. So another way of putting it is perhaps more correct, is to say awareness becomes self-aware. Awareness becomes aware of itself, and that's you.