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When we first start following our breath, we begin the process of uncoupling awareness from the mind’s overlay of thought, emotion, attitude, belief, and so on. At first it seems like an either/or process—either I am with the breath or I am thinking—but as the practice develops, both occur simultaneously. The knowing that thought is arising (awareness) occurs in chorus with the thought itself. This is the beginning of separating form from formlessness, and initiates a process that will consume much of our spiritual journey.