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