Most of us have been told-"Be aware. Increase your awareness. Awareness is such an important thing. If you are unaware, you will miss life. Only total awareness can bring you peace of mind and let you inner thoughts cherish. But we also often ask ourselves- What is awareness? And why is it important? Awareness is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or sensory patterns. Though awareness about our environment, thoughts of other people, the weather and external events is important. what is more crucial is self-awareness.
To be aware one needs to be conscious or mindful of all the things in life. The biggest deterrent to awareness is our own mind. We spend a large proportion of our lives inside our mind. Give yourself 5-10 minutes to observe where you are. You will soon realize that within a few seconds you have already gone from your present location into the deep recess of your mind, into memory, into thought, into emotions and into dramas that are being played in the theater of mind.
To become aware isn't easy. As we detach ourselves from our thoughts the number of thoughts that come to us are reduced. And when the thoughts are reduced at the production stage itself we have more time and space for the internal and external environment around us. Till such time, we are only living in our minds and following up on every small and big thought that hits up- arguing, imploring, exploring, rationalizing, agonizing, celebrating as time in the real life is just passing by and we are not connected to it.
I would like to conclude by quoting Sai Baba's words-
Do not be mislead by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not a part of that world...
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