Note: This article is by Gary Douglas, who tells us about the importance of awareness.
That sounds good, right? However, what's wrong with thinking about other things and people? Although it is okay to practice mindfulness, it has some disadvantages and limitations.
Mindfulness requires working hard and non-stop, being in a constant state of activity and precision, and observing everyone and everything because once you get distracted for a moment, you miss a lot of things. Therefore, you practice mindfulness harder, trying not to miss anything, which makes you exhausted eventually.
If you practice mindfulness, you must know how much hard work it requires to maintain the desired level of concentration. If you are looking for something easier or better, try awareness.
Awareness is born with you innately. It is the ability to perceive and understand everything, to be fully present with people and things that are in front of you while remaining well aware of your surroundings. Being aware does not require you to focus on a single thing, nor does it force you to work hard to pay attention. Instead, it embraces everything around you and accepts it all without judgment.
Tips to avoid wakefulness and invest in awareness:
Below, we present the three most important tips to avoid mindfulness and invest in the gift you already possess, which is awareness:
1. Be willing to find out what is out there
When we come into this world, most of us learn to judge things, to know what is “good” or “bad,” and to act right and avoid what is wrong. When you judge something, your mind only accepts information that matches that judgment.
Mindfulness often comes from focusing on only what is good and right for others and the world around you. The problem with this is that even though it is a positive thing, it is still judgmental. If a venomous snake is in front of you and you decide to only look at its positive attributes, you will not be aware of the danger.
To avoid mindfulness and move into awareness, you can use a tool called “interesting point of view.” Whenever you feel that you are judging something, whether positively or negatively, say to yourself, “I have an interesting point of view,” and keep repeating it until things become clear to you. When you say these words, every judgment you have simply becomes an interesting opinion and not a verified fact.
2. Be aware of what your choices produce
Mindfulness operates on the assumption that there are right and wrong options. Based on mindfulness, you observe, judge what is best, and then choose.
Awareness does not involve judgments, as it embraces everything without judging anything. When you act based on awareness, you ask yourself, “What would I like to choose?” and “If I choose this, what will result from it?” Awareness is about enabling you to choose, then observing what your choice led to, and then choosing once again.
3. Be free when you don't have to be right
Consider those times in your life when you knew that a particular choice would be bad, but you chose it anyway. This knowledge was your awareness. We often have awareness, and we resort to our cognitive minds trying to arrange and organize it. This is where we let go of our awareness, trying to correct it.
When you begin to look at the areas of your life where you chose to figure things out instead of adjusting to that momentary knowledge, you begin to reconnect with your awareness. It's not about proving you wrong when you think about those aspects of your life; rather, it's about realizing the consequences of choosing to stop practicing awareness. You can choose differently as you move forward.
In Conclusion
Awareness is your greatest talent. Instead of working hard and striving, awareness comes easily. Choose awareness and discover the joy of life.
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