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Has your practice moved beyond your control? You have to see the utter futility of manipulating your practice in any way before you will be willing to surrender control, and only then will a new possibility open. This means that the egoic sense of you obstructs a greater awareness. You have to acknowledge the interference you bring when you attempt to self-manage the mindfulness. To do that you have to begin to understand that the sense of you is an extension of the conditioned unconscious mind and that awareness is conscious and unconditioned. When you see how completely conditioned you are, you will want to leave awareness untouched in its pristine unconditioned state. How can the unconscious you have a role in making the mind more conscious? Look at yourself and ask whether you truly understand that you are a product of the mental process, not its controller. If you do you will stop believing in your ability to control awareness.