Awareness vs non-awareness

**MrPriority** · 06-13-2014 08:08 PM

I am in a bit of an unusual situation. Basically I have started working on All Day Awareness recently. And I found out that I enjoy being more aware. I enjoy discovering the world on a whole new level. But here is the problem. I have a very vivid imagination. It is very easy for me turn inwards and shut off completely from reality while imagining something. I can almost really see something happening while I am imagining it. Funny thing about that is: I also move my head and hands very weird while spacing out. Because I lose most of my awareness of my body, my hands and head just cringe and move along a bit with the imagination. Of course I do not do this in public... ever

EVER

It looks really weird. But I really enjoy that aspect of me too. I like spacing out very much too.

So the problem is, that ever since I started ADA I sorta get mad at myself for spacing out because it greatly lowers my awareness. But at the same time I want to be able to space out. So there's my dilemma.

Anyone has any suggestions? Or should I just stop whining and stop spacing out?

Or the other way around ofc.

**sisyphus** · 06-13-2014 10:22 PM

I think there's no issue, just a matter of mis-labeling. Reframe what you're doing into something helpful. I would call what you're doing daydreaming. And daydreaming can be a helpful tool too, just with different goals. So maybe allow yourself some time each day to daydream, with the goal of rehearsing becoming lucid, revisiting past dreams, or incubating future dream scenes. You can do that in private. Then in public, focus on the ADA technique where you're remaining present with your senses and real objects.