Simply put, increasing our awareness makes
us aware of what we weren't aware of before or more aware of things
we aren't fully aware of now. It sounds very simple and obvious but most people don't understand how significant it really is. Increasing our awareness enables us to continuously learn and grow. It
enables us to be aware of more information that can be used to
resolve problems and issues and make more informed better decisions to achieve our goals within the maze
of life. It opens us up to more experience and knowledge. Increased
awareness gives us greater understanding of ourselves, others,
situations, and the world we live in. It provides the true wisdom of the way things truly are instead of what we believe them or perceive them to be.
It is very easy to overlook the significance of increasing our awareness because most people think that it is a common practice and something they do on a daily basis, but they don't realize they have put blocks and obstructions in front of their awareness. We generally only increase our awareness within the boundaries of our existing beliefs, biases, personal interests and perceptions. All too often we think we are obtaining more information but in actuality we are choosing what information to retain to support our existing framework of our perspective. Increasing our awareness outside of that framework is where the true power of it lies.
Increasing our awareness outside our existing framework of our perspective enables us to be more objective and knowledgeable about our own limited perspective and how we are missing so much understanding because of it. It makes us aware of our own biases and self-serving inaccurate subjective beliefs that we have chosen to believe. Many of these beliefs block our awareness of ourselves -- self awareness. Increasing our awareness of ourselves can help free us from damaging self defeating thoughts, perceptions and beliefs. It can free us from the limiting beliefs we have about ourselves that cause distress, anxiety and unhappiness and restrict our potential and achievements. It enables us to be more successful at every thing we do. It benefits our relationships, work and overall enjoyment of life.
You might think that increasing your awareness is something you already do on a daily basis and many of us do, but we do it in an extremely limited way according to our existing beliefs, knowledge, biases and perceptions. We do it with a closed mind to the many other possibilities. We do it with the presumption of already knowing through belief. That presumption severely limits our awareness to the boundaries of that presumption. The presumption of knowing by belief limits us to what we don't actually know but only believe we know. All beliefs have other possibilities and increasing your awareness always leads to countless other possibilities that can benefit us in countless ways.
Increasing our awareness of ourselves makes us more fully aware of our mistakes and how to prevent future mistakes. It also makes us more fully aware of our accomplishments and how we achieved them in order to learn from them as well. It helps us make better decisions with better information. Increased awareness particularly helps us learn to deal with emotional issues and our inner struggles in life. It helps us out of anger and all other negative emotions that are causing us distress and can help bring an emotional state of peace and calm while reducing anxiety, stress and even depression. It provides the information and understanding needed for freedom from fear and other emotional issues that are creating problems in our lives.
Increased awareness can allow us to become cognizant of our sub-conscious and more fully understand our behavior. It allows us to more fully understand others' behavior as well. It adds understanding to the behavior of our loved ones and benefits our relationships. It enables us to see the effects of our own behavior on others and on ourselves as well. It makes the limits of our love aware to us and allows us to expand our love. It allows us to more clearly see how we react to others' behavior and how that can lead to unnecessary conflicts and it can also help us resolve conflicts by being more fully aware of the situation instead of just our emotions or the importance of our desire to be right. It can help us come from a perspective of resolution and understanding instead of personal offense or anger. It can make us aware of situations or of others as they actually are instead of what we project on to them with what we believe or think they are. This helps us in countless ways of problem solving and dealing with people and managing situations. It also helps the people in our lives by creating a more positive aware environment for them as well.
Just increasing our awareness of the present moment by focusing our attention in the present moment brings immeasurable benefits to our lives in numerous ways. It can help us with concentration and performing tasks better and more efficiently by keeping our focus entirely on the task. It can keep us from stubbing our toe, spilling our coffee or causing a deadly car accident. It can make certain activities more enjoyable by being more fully aware in the moment of experiencing them. It can actually make food taste better and sex more enjoyable. It adds increased experience and depth to every activity. It can make you a better athlete or add more talent to the talent you already have and can make you aware of hidden talents you might not know you even had. By simply being more aware in the present moment of the present and what is happening in the present moment instead of your attention being on your thoughts has nearly a magical quality about it. For every second your full attention of awareness is in the present moment is a second you add to your life. For every minute you unnecessarily keep your attention in your mind and on your rambling thoughts is a minute you take away from your life. I can't stress enough how being fully aware of the present moment can add to your life. I'll go into that in much more detail later because it is the fundamental aspect of increasing awareness.
It is very easy to overlook the significance of increasing our awareness because most people think that it is a common practice and something they do on a daily basis, but they don't realize they have put blocks and obstructions in front of their awareness. We generally only increase our awareness within the boundaries of our existing beliefs, biases, personal interests and perceptions. All too often we think we are obtaining more information but in actuality we are choosing what information to retain to support our existing framework of our perspective. Increasing our awareness outside of that framework is where the true power of it lies.
Increasing our awareness outside our existing framework of our perspective enables us to be more objective and knowledgeable about our own limited perspective and how we are missing so much understanding because of it. It makes us aware of our own biases and self-serving inaccurate subjective beliefs that we have chosen to believe. Many of these beliefs block our awareness of ourselves -- self awareness. Increasing our awareness of ourselves can help free us from damaging self defeating thoughts, perceptions and beliefs. It can free us from the limiting beliefs we have about ourselves that cause distress, anxiety and unhappiness and restrict our potential and achievements. It enables us to be more successful at every thing we do. It benefits our relationships, work and overall enjoyment of life.
You might think that increasing your awareness is something you already do on a daily basis and many of us do, but we do it in an extremely limited way according to our existing beliefs, knowledge, biases and perceptions. We do it with a closed mind to the many other possibilities. We do it with the presumption of already knowing through belief. That presumption severely limits our awareness to the boundaries of that presumption. The presumption of knowing by belief limits us to what we don't actually know but only believe we know. All beliefs have other possibilities and increasing your awareness always leads to countless other possibilities that can benefit us in countless ways.
Increasing our awareness of ourselves makes us more fully aware of our mistakes and how to prevent future mistakes. It also makes us more fully aware of our accomplishments and how we achieved them in order to learn from them as well. It helps us make better decisions with better information. Increased awareness particularly helps us learn to deal with emotional issues and our inner struggles in life. It helps us out of anger and all other negative emotions that are causing us distress and can help bring an emotional state of peace and calm while reducing anxiety, stress and even depression. It provides the information and understanding needed for freedom from fear and other emotional issues that are creating problems in our lives.
Increased awareness can allow us to become cognizant of our sub-conscious and more fully understand our behavior. It allows us to more fully understand others' behavior as well. It adds understanding to the behavior of our loved ones and benefits our relationships. It enables us to see the effects of our own behavior on others and on ourselves as well. It makes the limits of our love aware to us and allows us to expand our love. It allows us to more clearly see how we react to others' behavior and how that can lead to unnecessary conflicts and it can also help us resolve conflicts by being more fully aware of the situation instead of just our emotions or the importance of our desire to be right. It can help us come from a perspective of resolution and understanding instead of personal offense or anger. It can make us aware of situations or of others as they actually are instead of what we project on to them with what we believe or think they are. This helps us in countless ways of problem solving and dealing with people and managing situations. It also helps the people in our lives by creating a more positive aware environment for them as well.
Just increasing our awareness of the present moment by focusing our attention in the present moment brings immeasurable benefits to our lives in numerous ways. It can help us with concentration and performing tasks better and more efficiently by keeping our focus entirely on the task. It can keep us from stubbing our toe, spilling our coffee or causing a deadly car accident. It can make certain activities more enjoyable by being more fully aware in the moment of experiencing them. It can actually make food taste better and sex more enjoyable. It adds increased experience and depth to every activity. It can make you a better athlete or add more talent to the talent you already have and can make you aware of hidden talents you might not know you even had. By simply being more aware in the present moment of the present and what is happening in the present moment instead of your attention being on your thoughts has nearly a magical quality about it. For every second your full attention of awareness is in the present moment is a second you add to your life. For every minute you unnecessarily keep your attention in your mind and on your rambling thoughts is a minute you take away from your life. I can't stress enough how being fully aware of the present moment can add to your life. I'll go into that in much more detail later because it is the fundamental aspect of increasing awareness.
The benefits of increasing awareness are innumerable. Increasing awareness is a learning process that expands all that we know, experience and are aware of. It allows us to see reality more objectively without our personal projection of our beliefs and thoughts on it. Because of that we are more qualified, experienced and wise to live life with more success, happiness, love, compassion and enjoyment.
Increasing our awareness helps us with the courage to face the sometimes overwhelming complexities of life in the modern stressful world we live in. Continuously increasing our awareness is the key to dealing with the challenging issues of life and to more enjoyment of the experiences of life. Simply put, it makes our life better in all ways.
The truly amazing thing about awareness is that we were born with it and it is at the very root of what we truly are. It is what is you experiencing reading this blog at this very moment and it is the key to life itself. Increased awareness adds dimension and depth to ourselves, our lives and the world we live in. It makes us more of what we already are which is awareness and life itself. It provides the solutions to our problems, challenges, goals and happiness as well as adding experience and depth to everything we do and to our life in general. It makes life fuller, more enjoyable and robust by simply being more and more consciously aware.
Next: The first step is the biggest: An Open Mind.
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An open mind is the only step. A sincerely open mind is the last step.
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