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Awareness is ever present in its purest form, our observer senses now, this present moment, unencumbered by judgment or thought.
Awareness always starts change, a healing journey, impossible to fix that which is hidden. Narcissists rarely change, they never become aware of their weaknesses. It’s like a peacock totally focused on spreading those feathers, pumping up that ego, at all costs.
Reflection never starts, behavior never modified.
Examples of awareness: hearing, listening. We fine tune our listening skills, deepening our capabilities. I sit quietly listening for the lowest decibel sound in my environment.
Then I travel beneath it, noticing the sound of my inhales and exhales first. With this accomplished, I move on to listening for my heartbeat. After that I turn my hearing inward, I listen inside my head, exploring my inner world.
All healing happens inside, this is excellent practice for integrating trauma, later on.
I have heard a symphony playing inside my head on high focus days. It was startling the first time it played.
We have an entire world inside our mind and body, this inside wellbeing impacts our external wellbeing.
If we can quiet down this much, thoughts fade away, the mind steadies and starts repairing itself.
For extra credit visualize a scenario: Sitting in a chair, back to the edge of a dense jungle, it has not rained in six months, listening like your life depended on it.
Something is coming at you from deep inside that jungle.
Instead of trying to listen far out into the jungle, quiet down inside your ears.
Be so quiet internally that the tiniest sound will ring out.
We can use our senses to ground us quickly, in a second, bringing us back to now.
Future posts about our visual awareness, smell and tactile senses to follow.
Please add your awareness insights and practices.
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