Waking up (thanksgiving leftovers)

Waking up means becoming conscious of the power of mind relative to the quality of our moment to moment experience. Waking up begins when we experience a choice about where our attention goes, such as to deficiency or abundance, past or present, weakness or strength, complaint or vision.

When we are unconscious, we experience no choice. That’s what ego would have us believe. To see choice is to actually become conscious. That’s what being conscious, awake is. That’s where ultimate power is.

Which leads to one of the things I appreciate most about my friends over the years - their ability to support my consciousness and their receptivity to my supporting their consciousness.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 26th, 2005 at 10:06am and is filed under Zen principles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Waking up (thanksgiving leftovers)”

  1. Daniella
    November 26th, 2005 18:12
    1

    What a beautiful statement,”their ability to support my consciousness and their receptivity to my supporting their consciousness.” Mutual understanding and nurturing blossoms into a mutual spring of gratefulness.

  2. jack
    November 26th, 2005 23:07
    2

    Thanks Daniella. I think this is part of what draws some bloggers together - that we expand each other’s learning and being present.

Leave a Reply

« The conscious present
Taking responsibility »