AWARENESS
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in
awareness." -- James Thurber
"Like a fish suddenly made aware that it is swimming in water, I
found every aspect of my perception changed." Author Unknown
How many of us live in a state of real awareness? Most of us are
aware of outward feelings. We to often go about our lives never
going much deeper than what we see and feel on the surface. We
are aware that we feel anger at someone or something, or that we
have a worry or fear of some coming event or circumstance. But
how many of us live in the awareness and understanding of where
that anger, worry or fear really comes from. How many of us
really go deep enough to be present enough and in touch enough
with our emotions to understand what makes us act and react the
way that we do?
Websters Dictionary defines awareness as: on ones guard,
vigilant, knowing or realizing, conscious or informed. To be
aware implies having a knowledge of something through alertness
in observing or in interpreting what one sees, hears, feels,
etc. Consciousness implies awareness of a sensation, feeling,
fact or condition etc. and recognition or focusing of attention
on
To be consciously aware of what is really causing us to act and
react the way we do takes a willingness to explore the inner
self and discover the inner beliefs that are causing us to feel
and act the way we do in a present situation. It takes a
willingness to be