Stress, anxiety, anger, fear, are all emotions of the ego that lower our situational awareness. Many teachers promote the that “situational awareness” means being aware of every detail in every situation. In fact, that is called hyper-vigilance and it is a disorder that causes constance stress and anxiety. Hyper-vigilance is often a part of ptsd.
Every detail is not significant in every situation. Seeing a person firing a gun is perfectly normal if you’re at a firing range. However, the same sight in a public setting would be a completely different context.
Thus I prefer to avoid the term ‘situational awareness’ altogether. What does the word ‘situational’ mean, anyway? Everything is a situation. There is not a single moment in life that is not a situation. Contextual awareness might be a better term.
What we want is simply ‘awareness’. The beauty of pure awareness is that it is universal. With awareness, I am present in every moment and I can respond with my greatest power and light as is appropriate.
I am enjoying time with my friends and family; I am aware. I am driving in heavy traffic; I am aware. Someone is out of their balance and is trying to harm me; I am aware. The actions that I will take in each of those scenarios will be different, but in my sense of who I am, I will do my very best to be true to my best self. You are most able to perceive information from your environment and contextually interpret it, when you are highly conscious and aware.
Pursuing high consciousness and awareness regulates your nervous system and places you in the best posture for maximizing the quality of your life. The higher quality your lifestyle is, the more you will want to protect it.
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