Bring a heightened state of awareness to your daily life by noticing your surroundings and thinking of their history. For example, imagine the history of a wooden table. Think back to when it was a tree in the woods. Look at the grain and see the lines, each signifying a year, and think of that tree standing all that time in one place. Then imagine it being cut down, taken to a mill, made into lumber, shipped to a furniture factory, sawed, glued, and finished. Imagine the table on the transport truck, and then in a store, and think of the people walking by and touching it. Then remember when it came into your life. It has a history, the same as we do. A heightened state of awareness comes when we look, and then look again, and then relax into whatever situation we are in. When we have a capacity for fascination with simple things, we are able to sit peacefully for hours on a park bench, or in an airport, engrossed by the different gaits and gestures of people as they walk, talk, and stand. We develop the ability to be patient as we stand in line at the grocery store because we have the ability to look with fascination and wonder at all that surrounds us. -Charlotte Davis Kasl livinglifefully/awareness3.htm
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:03:24 +0000
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