In order to get a better handle on why awareness is such a valuable tool,
Let's explore some of the important qualities of awareness.
Adjust your body so that you feel completely supported by the surface on which you're resting.
Senses open to your environment.
And the sounds around you.
Scan your body and release any unnecessary tension.
Allow your body to settle.
Your mind to relax and be at ease.
Now reflect on the following words and feel the truth of each statement.
Feel the truth with your feeling heart.
Not your thinking brain.
I'm aware of my body,
Mind,
And senses.
These are movements arising in awareness.
I'm aware of the world around me.
The world is a movement arising in awareness.
I'm aware of the movement of attention.
Attention is a movement in awareness.
I'm aware of being self-aware.
Self-awareness is a movement in awareness.
I know myself and the world around me because awareness is.
Everything arises within.
Moves within.
And disappears within awareness.
Everything is in awareness.
Awareness contains everything.
Remove all objects,
And awareness still is.
Awareness is everywhere.
Awareness is here before.
During and after whatever arises in awareness.
Awareness surrounds,
Touches,
And fills everything.
Awareness is empty.
Because it's empty.
Awareness is able to contain everything.
Awareness is formless and indescribable.
Yet undeniable.
All objects are free to come and go in awareness.
Awareness doesn't refuse,
Reject,
Attach,
Or hold on to anything.
Awareness welcomes everything.
Awareness is welcoming.
I am awareness.
Now,
Let all of these statements fall into the background.
Let all objects.
Sensations.
Emotions.
Thoughts?
Etc.
That are in awareness.
Including the feeling of being.
Fall into the background.
With all of these objects in the background.
Let awareness come into the foreground.
Be aware of awareness.
Notice that you're aware of awareness.
Now feel yourself relaxing into being awareness.
Resting as awareness.
Feel the effect that resting as awareness has on your body and mind.
Take your time.
Keep feeling yourself as awareness and look around at objects in your immediate environment.
Note each object that your eyes land on.
And feel yourself being awareness at the same time.
What's this like to realize yourself as awareness?
Even as you gaze upon different objects.
Try this practice with a physical sensation.
Experience a particular sensation.
For example,
Comfort.
Or discomfort.
And feel yourself as awareness at the same time.
Try the same practice with an emotion.
And a thought.
What's it like to feel yourself as awareness as you go about your day?
When you're ready.
Open and close your eyes several times while continuing to feel yourself being awareness.
With your eyes open.
Notice objects in the environment around you.
All well-being awareness.
If it feels comfortable.
Get up and walk around your environment.
All the while staying with a felt sense of being awareness.
Then go about your day.
While noticing how the felt sense of being-awareness is always here as a background presence.
Take time to reflect on each experiment you make.
