Hello my friends I'm Dippach Oprah. This is daily breath.

Our new series is called Total Meditation. The miracle of wakefulness is extraordinary because it teaches us that existing and being awake

don't just happen to go together.

They are in fact the same thing.

To see this everyday experience through new eyes,

let's try an exercise that I call

feeling the miracle of wakefulness.

Sit quietly, keep your back relatively erect.

Keep your feet on the ground, your hands open on your lap.

And just be aware of any sensation or thought that comes your way.

Okay, so close your eyes and be aware of any sensation or thought that comes your way. So close your eyes and be aware of any sensation or thought

that comes your way.

You can have your eyes open or closed.

You can look inward or at your physical surroundings.

Now make yourself completely unaware.

Blank out everything right now.

Once you realize that you're aware, you cannot become unaware.

In other words, this is an impossible exercise.

Being awake and being aware are the same thing. The

search for enlightenment is based on being awake and trying to become more awake.

Awake is awake.

The search for Enlightenment in most cases

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