Day 98 - Driving (Directive Principle) without Awareness
I was driving home, and I was thinking about if I was going to write a blog tonight, and contemplating the very early morning I have tomorrow, and what still I had left to do tonight. Then all of a sudden, I said to myself, out loud, where am I? I did not recognize the street I was on, and was completely unaware of the ride up until that point – which is scary really, as I was on the street I normally am when driving home from work. This time, I was not aware, I was not breathing – I was thinking and contemplating in my head about some future plans, and then the realization that for a moment – I didn't know where I was. Which is what we are doing when busy in our heads – thinking and not at all aware of our moment to moment reality. I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to exist without awareness when I am thinking and participating in thoughts and future projections within my mind I forgive myself that I have not allowed myself to be aware of myself as...