[[Awareness]] is like the open, spacious, and peaceful sky. And thoughts and feelings are like clouds in the sky. We may lose sight of the sky when it is covered by clouds. But even when clouds cover it, the sky's true nature remains. We may lose sight of the open, spacious, and peaceful nature of [awareness](Awareness) when thoughts and feelings seem to cloud our experience. True freedom is found by knowing awareness despite the clouds that seem to cover it: [[Self is freedom]].