Well put, this was my training of thought as well.
As a analogy, our body is the Universe. Our fingernails (the moon) do not experience themselves or have any awareness of their own existence. Our mind (a living thing) knows and experiences our fingernails and is aware of its own existence.
He never said all of the universe is aware of all of itself.
It could be possible that some believe the universe is a container for all things while others believe it is all things.
Well put, this was my training of thought as well.
As a analogy, our body is the Universe. Our fingernails (the moon) do not experience themselves or have any awareness of their own existence. Our mind (a living thing) knows and experiences our fingernails and is aware of its own existence.
As far as I’m concerned, we’re atoms that understand we’re atoms. That’s the universe witnessing itself.