Being Aware of Being Aware: The Essence of Meditation, Volume 1

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Reflecting can be done in multiple ways (including journaling; see the next tip) and is customizable to the person reflecting, but the important thing is to go over your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to see where you met your standards, where you failed them, and where you could improve. Some very interesting research is being done in the area of cognitive science and with regard to the role of contextually embedded habits (Tewes, 2018). A deeper understanding of the need for a multi-faceted understanding of habit formation is explored. According to the theory, there are two primary outcomes of comparing ourselves against our standards of correctness: Mark Williams, professor of clinical psychology at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and Welcome principal research fellow at the University of Oxford, says:When we become more aware of the present moment, we begin to experience afresh many things in the world around us that we have been taking for granted,” says Professor Williams.

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the presence of awareness becomes increasingly our natural condition, until there is no longer a distinction between meditation and life.” From the perspective of the mind, this non-practice of abiding or resting in the experience of being aware or awareness itself seems to be a blank or dull state. However, in time, awareness’s innate qualities of imperturbable peace and causeless joy emerge, in most cases gradually.” Being Aware of Being Aware explores our primary, most intimate and familiar experience: the knowing of our own being, or awareness’s knowing of itself in us. However, awareness, or the experience of simply ‘being aware’, has no observable qualities and is, therefore, usually overlooked or ignored. The returning of awareness to itself – being aware of being aware – is the essence of meditation and prayer, and the direct path to lasting peace and happiness.Several practices can help create a new awareness of body sensations, thoughts and feelings. They include: What exercises do you use to help build self-awareness? What are some other benefits you’ve noticed? Let us know in the comments section below.