A New Earth - Quoting Eckhart Tolle in 'A New Earth', page 228. Awareness implies that you are not only conscious of things (object), but you are also conscious of being conscious. If you can sense an alert inner stillness in the background while things happen in the foreground -- that's it! This dimension is there in everyone, but most people are completely unaware of it. Sometimes I point to it by saying, 'Can you feel your own Presence?'.