When you complain about a certain situation, it would be a good idea to wonder if you are really "seeing" such situation. It is possible, in fact, that - while looking - you are not actually seeing. Absurd? Well, the fact is that you are often not "present" in the situation because your mind is wandering somewhere else. When you are listening to music and think about other 'stuff', no matter for how short a time, you are simply 'hearing', not 'listening'. In this way, a piece of your experience is totally lost. Your distraction makes you waste an opportunity. The result is that one moment of your life has been deleted, as you did not live it at all. Are you saying that you lived it in spite of the fact that you were doing something else? Certainly. But you did not live it the way you had intended to. It happens the same when you drink your coffee while watching TV. Did you enjoy the taste of your coffee? No, you didn’t. How could you? You were not even aware that you were drinking it. Therefore, no awareness equals no experience.
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