Absence of awareness is not the loss of presence; the body still appears in time and space, presence remains, but the mechanism of knowing is absent. Time and space arise through the mind’s capacity to synthesize memory and anticipation into a constructed present. Even the “now” is already an operation created by the mind.
In non-dual presence, awareness is not focused on time, subject attending to objects, there is no mind assimilating knowledge, no cognition, reasoning truth, no meditator.
In the absence of awareness, spontaneous functions appear and continue without reference or ownership. Perception, movement, speech, and interactions become natural expressions. They do not define reality, they are not expressions of reality, nor evidence of a knower or a world that must be explained or altered.
When awareness no longer claims to what appears, appearance loses its authority. What is left is unaffected, unmediated on, and complete.
(These contemplations address inner reference, not outward action. When read without context, it can be taken literally or as behavioral guidance, which is not its intent. The highest teachings are not instructional; nothing is meant to be applied or enacted. If the language raises questions rather than instructions, the teaching is being engaged as intended.)