<p>When you are deep sleep (Bhavanga) you are unaware. When you are awake you do have some awareness (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaggata" rel="nofollow">Ekaggata</a> - 1 of the 7 universal mental factors) but it not penetrating awareness as you do not have enough focus (Samadhi).</p>

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2016-01-20T11:53:42.260Z
2016-01-20T11:53:42.260Z
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p>I made you read the explaination and you are trying to get what is not available! What is that and why we do this? Why we want to be awake when we are totally unaware of being awake-state?</p>

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why i am unaware, not awake?
# why i am unaware, not awake?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-20)

I made you read the explaination and you are trying to get what is not available! What is that and why we do this? Why we want to be awake when we are totally unaware of being awake-state?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

When you are deep sleep (Bhavanga) you are unaware. When you are awake you do have some awareness ([Ekaggata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaggata) - 1 of the 7 universal mental factors) but it not penetrating awareness as you do not have enough focus (Samadhi).


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