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In the Direct Path it is recognised that the experience of being aware or awareness itself is the knowing element in all experience, irrespective of the content of experience, and thus no particular experience is a carrier, indication or hallmark of awareness itself. Just as the screen is equally evident in all movies, irrespective of their content, so awareness shines equally brightly in all experience, from our deepest depressions to our most joyful feelings. The Direct Path requires no spiritual or religious affiliation or background. No preparatory practice is required for the simple recognition that being aware or awareness itself is the essential, irreducible, indivisible element in all experience, to which we refer as ‘I’ or ‘myself’. None has privileged access to it. It is equally available to all people, in all places, under all circumstances and in all situations. All that is required is a deep interest in the nature of reality, or an intuition that the peace, happiness or love for which all people long cannot be satisfied by objective experience.