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Awareness and thinking

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07 July 2021, 11:25 AM
Phil
Awareness and thinking
So many spiritualities emphasize present-moment awareness, which is very good, but often it seems this is viewed as primarily a sensory awareness, with thought considered something of a distraction. That's often true, but thinking can complement and enhance awareness. For example:


Knowledge can enhance our sense of present-moment awareness and deepen our experience of being alive. We are sensory and psychological beings, but we also have a spiritual consciousness that can understand and appreciate the reality in which we find ourselves. Spiritual awakening is not only enhanced awareness, but an active intelligence that keeps us anchored in humility and gratitude. This seems to be the good soil of the soul in which an authentic love can best thrive.