Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

But when we start to focus in on what our own mind is up to, for instance, it is not unusual to quickly go unconscious again, to fall back into an automatic-pilot mode of unawareness. These lapses in awareness are frequently caused by an eddy of dissatisfaction with what we are seeing or feeling in that moment, out of which springs a desire for something to be different, for things to change.

See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance

In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.