There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the Light that shines in our heart.

CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD

Awareness is Clarity .... like the nature of the mind as a stream of water. When the mind is fraught with conditioning, the water is turbulent, and one cannot see to the bottom clearly. Once conditioning is removed and the mind relaxes, one can see through the water clearly.