Awareness

Question: “Is happiness related to awareness?”

Yes, awareness itself is peaceful.

Inattention, or, not knowing you are thinking, is the enemy of peace.

As you stabilize in awareness, at some point you will realize… “Oh, now, for the first time I see clearly … this became a problem because of what I thought: I wanted something to be different that cannot be changed.”

The wanting or desire is the problem—not the experience itself.

“It’s the thought-life that pollutes.” -Jesus

Don’t be a victim of thoughts; more and more, be their witness. As the calm witness, silently watching thoughts appear and disappear, you are peace itself.