To be human is to often be drawn out of yourself. You can try to stay centered, but invariably some situation will pull you away.

From time to time, you’ll be weighted down by worry,  overtaken by anger or seduced by egoic concerns. Many of us will berate ourselves for falling off the more conscious path.

But there is no shame in this. Like any other practice, we are gradually increasing our skill level.

We have to remember that there are two parts to this; one part is being aware and the other is coming back to awareness-the state and the reunion.

Tweet this: A lapse in awareness is simply an opportunity to choose it again.