August 06, 2023 – B

I think all living things have similar experiences
with being alive.
The more conscious we are 
of what we are experiencing,
the more alive we are--
alive to the moment,
to the here/now,
of our experience,
is to be alive to that moment.
The less consciously aware we are,
the less alive we are.

Experiencing our experience
includes experiencing our reaction
to our experience.

Consciousness is wasted on a lot of people.
They may as well be rocks,
or toads.
Toads may be more consciously alive
than a lot of people.

Don't be one of those people.
Practice being aware here/now.
Awake to what is happening,
to what needs to be done in response,
to what our response is
to what we are doing about our response,
to what is happening here/now...

Awareness is all practice.
What's happening?
What is called for?
What are we doing?
Now what's happening?
What is called for?
What are we doing?
...

Being aware of being present 
with/in the moment,
and what the moment is calling for,
and what we are doing about it
moves us into the position 
of observing our experience
and our response to our experience--
and out of the position 
of being robots going through 
the motions of being alive
while being mostly dead.

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