A Practical Exercise For Learning Enlightenment & Awareness

Enlightenment Lesson:
From now on, whenever a "vocabulary word" presents itself in your language, your speech, your thoughts, or conversations - STOP and ask yourself, "What does (fill in the blank with said word) mean?
Example: "I'm hoping 2016 is better for me than 2015!"
STOP and ask yourself... "What does hoping mean?"
(Don't look it up and don't ask anyone else.)
Only YOU know what YOU mean when you use the word hoping.
What did you mean? What other words could you put in that blank instead of hoping that would mean the same thing to you?

Challenging?
Damn right it is! This is a signal of how far away from YOURSELF you really are. So start walking...! And climbing.... and leaping.... and clawing.... and running.... and whatever else you need to do to get back to square one.
No worries, it could take some "time", but you've got all of that you need, just get to it.

But wait.... We're still not done with "I'm hoping 2016 is better for me than 2015!"
Now finish the assignment.
STOP and ask yourself... "What does better mean?"

Get it?
If not then you may not be ready for this kind of exercise.
But if so, then use this as an inner workout tool to get strong and sharp.
In this exercise, there is no right or wrong. It's only what you want and need, when you want and need it.

Learn to do this with all vocab words you begin to hear yourself using.
Be sure to LISTEN to yourself when speaking and when answering.
Be sure to pay attention to how the words, and answers, feel to you.

Use this tool and share it freely.
It is not a rule, regulation or law.
It is an inspiration.

Awareness

That's what its all about.
Becoming aware.  

There was a time in (fairly) recent human history when people died of very common and simple conditions such as a cold or a scratch.
Why did this happen?  Today in current human history we know how to deal with colds and scratches so well we don't even need a doctor, just a drug store.

So what changed?  
Awareness.
They became aware of germs.  Infection.  Sanitation.  Very simple science.  But not one that's easy to discover without a microscope.  No one knew what a germ was.  
But for some reason..... somebody got curious and began to explore.  With a microscope. And they found an entire world that lived among us that no one ever knew existed! Microbes!  And the rest is history.

Then came antibiotics.  Vaccinations.  Antiseptics. 
And this not-so-slowly changed our world.  
We became aware... of germs.  Now we knew...  Knew what caused so much suffering, pain and death.  It was all so simple.

And then came capitalism.  Now the germ world is an industry for profit.

But the point is... that NO ONE is any longer aware...!!!  What was once great awareness has now become "history".  And history without awareness is dead.  And if you live in history - what happened in the past - you live in death...  And so you're not living at all.

What do you know about germs right now?
Do you understand how and why you should use: 
Antibiotics?
Antiseptics?
Vaccinations?
Bleach?
Are you aware?

Do you know the consequences of using these things without awareness?

Death.

Look around.  We save many more lives these days... don't we...?   But do you know anyone who is NOT sick?
Do you know anyone who does NOT take pills on a regular basis?
Do you know anyone who has not been "diagnosed" with something?
Do you know anyone who can't afford a doctor or medicine but they're sick all the time with something...?

Do you know anyone who is well?  
Anyone who is healthy?

Are there consequences to not understanding germs?
Are there any consequences at all to not understanding antibiotics or vaccinations?

Are you aware of what's happening...?