Pure Awareness. I am. Pure Awareness I am. Pure Awareness I. am. Om.

Watch yourself stand at your desk, the mind tugging at you, begging for attention. "You should have eaten less yesterday, there's a problem with your skin, you have pain in this area, you have chores to do, you should think about the taxes, you should make some phone calls."

Watch yourself remind yourself,

Pure Awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am.

Watch yourself notice your mind still coming from a thousand different directions. "Clean the flawcet. Input your calories. Put lotion on your face. You should be spending this time meditating instead. What are you going to eat? What is your plan? How will you reach your goal if you don't think about it?"

And still Pure Awareness, I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"Ok so you can chant this but will it get me something? Will it cure this skin situation? Will it make an appointment? Will it get the taxes done? Will it give you the energy to do the things you don't want to do?"

And still
Pure Awareness. I am. Pure Awareness I am. Pure Awareness. I am. Om.

"But your skin is so dry, you should do something. Don't you want to check on the cat? This area, it's throbbing. Are you sure you shouldn't be worrying about it? When will you take a bath? What are you going to do today? When will you start that cover project?"

To all I say Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"but how does that help my pain? How is that going to heal you? What are you going to get out of it? There are so many things that are fucked up. So much isn't perfect. So much is falling apart. You must try to control! You must try to fix! You must DO!"

All I can do is be
Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

Breathing in i bring energy into my crown chakra
breathing out i activate my crown chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my third eye chakra
breathing out i activate my third eye chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my throat chakra
breathing out i activate my throat chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my heart chakra
breathing out i activate my heart chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my solar plexus chakra
breathing out i activate my solar plexus chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my navel chakra
breathing out i activate my navel chakra

breathing in i bring energy into my root chakra
breathing out i activate my root chakra

thank you for keeping my focus on the pure awareness I AM.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

I slow down when I am pure awareness. The physical fades just a little bit, yet what's right in front of me becomes more vivid.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

I am transforming from person to presence full time. I am fully committed to being the pure awareness I am.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But there is a bird pecking at the window and it won't stop. WHy is it pecking at the window??? And there is still this pain, maybe I should sit down. And my skin, I need some lotion!"

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But I need to beat you up some more for your past choices. I need you to feel regret and promise me you'll really change this time."

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. i am. Om.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But is this bird trapped?? Why is it tapping at the window??"

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. om.

And I notice a rushing, you must hurry to finish this writing. You must get it done so you can move on to meditating. You must hurry! You must rush! And don't you want to worry about your waistline some more?

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"there are so many things you need to think about!"

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But what is this bird doing?? Should I intervene?? Try to open the window? Is he stuck? What's going on? When is breakfast? Why is linty crying? When will this ache go away? Should I take some advil? BODIES!"

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.
Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But i have to remember what happened last night. and what is that smell. and i should probably take some action now."

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

"But this isn't going to work forever, this mantra will stop working and you'll be stuck with your decrepit human body, suffering because you didn't worry enough and plan and take action. I feel uneasy. I feel scared."

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. OM.

"But shouldn't i be counting? Shouldn't i be meditating? Surely i should be doing something other than what i'm doing."

Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Pure awareness. I am. Om.