Shifting my perception is often easier when I am surrounded by
nature. While my home, office, a restaurant, or a shop, it is often difficult
to shift my awareness to see beyond the mundane and into the extraordinary.
So, how do we open our self to being fully awake, fully
active, and fully aware in our mundane, daily activities? After reflecting upon
this question over the past week, I would like to recommend the following
steps:
Upon waking, before you get out of bed, check in with you and
your space. As you take a couple of deep breaths, notice how you feel, what you
smell. Open your eyes. What is the first thing/person that you see? Let your
eyes soften. Notice the details about the object or person. Then look at it in
its entirety. What new do you notice?
As you prepare for the day, make it a full body experience. Using all of your senses, ask yourself what you are noticing in the moment.
With each answer you are training yourself to be hyperaware…to be fully awake,
fully aware, and fully active in each moment.
Before you leave your home, check in with yourself one last
time. How do you feel? Look at your environment. Do things appear brighter or
filled with clarity? What sounds or noises cannot be ignored?What aromas
tickle your nose?
Throughout your day remind yourself to use all of your senses
to discern the extraordinary in your environment. (I have used a Post-It note
or an index card with the phrase “hyperaware?” strategically placed to remind
my self to stop and notice the world around me.
After awhile my hyperawareness becomes second nature. I begin
to see the world not as a series of mundane events but as filled with
opportunities to embrace the extraordinary. Perhaps a friend needs to talk.
When I am hyperaware, I pick up a clue in her facial expression or in her body
language. And, my caring and compassion accentuate the extraordinary in the
moment. When I am hyperaware, my plants whisper, “water me.” My home is vibrant
with live plants.
When I am hyperaware, no matter what, I experience the world
in multi-dimensions. And, in those facets, I see the extraordinary world.
How is your world extraordinary?
Vanessa
www.healingwillow.com
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