#awareness

#awareness

A jewel is a common metaphor used for awareness in many contemplative traditions. Like a jewel, we could say that awareness is both multi-faceted and precious. I've surveyed a large portion of the traditional and contemporary literature of nonduality from a wide array of traditions such as Buddhism (Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra, Zen, Thai Forest Theravada), Taoism, Hinduism (Advaita Vedanta, Kashmiri Shaivism), and Western mysticism and philosophy (Christian, Sufi, Judaism, Neoplatonism, Pyrrhonism).

Awareness is both pervasive and subtle. Paradoxically, it is at once everywhere and seemingly nowhere. It's everywhere because you can't experience anything outside of awareness, pretty much by definition. In every direction, everything you see, hear, and feel is happening in awareness. You can't step out of awareness to see what the world would be like from outside it. Yet, because it's so omnipresent, it's easy to take for granted and miss.

It's all about promoting understanding and trying to educate everyone that having a child with Down's syndrome is not the end of the world, it's actually a real joy,

The NSPCC documented a significant rise in contacts to their helpline regarding children's welfare in sports clubs, indicating a 47% increase over the past year.

Distractions disguise themselves, taking us further away from shore (goals), taking us away from a grounded foundation in which to build something of value in our lives.

Around one in four pregnancies in the UK end in some form of baby loss - including miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death - according to pregnancy and baby charity Tommy's.

Visibility matters for everyone facing Type 1 diabetes, and as a mother who lives with Type 1 diabetes, it means everything to have Barbie helping the world see T1D.

"At this time of year, that means being out before the sun comes up, and being hypervigilant. And that was the first time I can remember that anyone tried to put me at ease."

The quilt is an incredible feat of creative human expression and I know our visitors will find it a deeply moving experience.

Kids will believe you when you say things like 'If anybody ever touches your private parts I will make sure something bad happens to them.' This is a big problem because kids are most often sexually abused by people they know and love, like family members.

At the vigil for Pearl, Vallejoan Bridget Dougherty expressed the importance of community support, emphasizing the need to help those who feel they lack a voice.

IDAHOBIT, recognized since 2004, aims to highlight violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA+ individuals, fostering community support and advocacy in diverse environments.

I know the instinct-to show others, to say *look at this, it's happening.* You want to raise awareness, to warn people.