The whole point of being aware is to be aware, nothing else. There’s no agenda. We’re not being aware so that life will become better, or the pain will go away.

In the moment, the point is only to know what is happening; nothing has to change. We want to appreciate that what is happening in the moment, what is magical, is that we’re aware – that’s hard to appreciate because we don’t usually think that being aware of what is happening now is something special.

We tend to think that what we become aware of must be nice and then that’s a sign that we’re doing it right, but no that’s not it. What we’re doing is recognizing that we’re aware – knowing that awareness and appreciating that it is present.

When we’re suffering in the depths of our chaotic mind, remind ourselves that there is awareness; it feels horrible but there is awareness.