Berwyn Watson, Rev. Master

What is it like when we wake in the morning?

Before our brain wakes up and remembers what we have to do that day, there is a space — of being you could say; which is just an appreciation: we can sense silence and sound; light and shade; the position of our bodies.

At that moment everything is given and nothing is withheld. The focus of the senses — the apparent point from which we appreciate things — isn’t to the fore — there is only appreciation.

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