THE AUTHENTIC SELF

As you engage in life, your awareness is life a flower, continuously opening and closing as you move through your day. Awareness and attachment have an inverse relationship; that is, as you lose your awareness, you increase your attachment. As you become more aware, your attachments become fewer and weaker.

Regardless of how attached you become to any belief or idea, you are always your Authentic Self; you just simply forget that when you step away from awareness.

Practice

Many religious and spiritual traditions in the world have created disciplines that allow you to remain in a state of harmony and stay aware of your Authentic Self: prayer, meditation, yoga, chanting, dancing, and many others. If you engage in any of these wonderful practices, remember that the goal of all of them is to anchor you in awareness.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.