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apt <strong>in</strong> <strong>awe</strong><br />
com<strong>in</strong>g from a much broader aspect of self than I had previously<br />
held. It was not my first aid tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g nor medical <strong>in</strong>tervention that<br />
helped me to see the way, it was someth<strong>in</strong>g beyond my rational<br />
reckon<strong>in</strong>g, someth<strong>in</strong>g more <strong>in</strong> the realm of the spiritual. The<br />
process that followed <strong>in</strong>volved harmoniz<strong>in</strong>g my rational and<br />
spiritual <strong>in</strong>terpretations of reality. The experience of this accident<br />
and the broader understand<strong>in</strong>g that unfolded has impelled me to<br />
share my thoughts and experiences from beyond the punctured<br />
membrane of my material m<strong>in</strong>dset. Perhaps it will help someone<br />
out there afloat <strong>in</strong> the experience of liv<strong>in</strong>g, breath<strong>in</strong>g, and be<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
relate.<br />
The contents of <strong>rapt</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>awe</strong> represent various styles of<br />
expression from analytical prose to lyrical verse, graphic diagrams<br />
to artistic sketches <strong>in</strong>tentionally assembled <strong>in</strong> order to convey the<br />
abstract nature of the book. How you choose to read the text is<br />
for you to decide, you may choose to read sequentially from the<br />
beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g to the end as the book is laid out, or simply flip through<br />
and rum<strong>in</strong>ate on a specific diagram or selection of text. To honour<br />
the premise presented with<strong>in</strong> these pages about the very nature<br />
of consciousness, I must simply <strong>in</strong>vite you to develop your own<br />
unique relationship with the ideas with<strong>in</strong>. The way consciousness<br />
works is much like magnetic attraction – ideasthatresonatewith questions you are hold<strong>in</strong>g, thoughts you are ponder<strong>in</strong>g, will draw<br />
you to sections that are relevant to you. Language, at its essence,<br />
is a collection of representative symbols. Symbols require relation-‐<br />
ship to be understood. The associated mean<strong>in</strong>gs must be <strong>in</strong>tegra-‐<br />
ted <strong>in</strong>to one’s own frames of reference. Letters come togetherto form words and words will hold slightly different mean<strong>in</strong>gs for<br />
each of us depend<strong>in</strong>g on our past experience, upbr<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g, culture,<br />
and education. The subtle deviations <strong>in</strong> comprehension of <strong>in</strong>tend-‐<br />
ed mean<strong>in</strong>g can amplify <strong>in</strong> the context of a clause or a sentence<br />
particularly <strong>in</strong> the realm of the page, section, or an entire book.<br />
Thus each reader will have a unique understand<strong>in</strong>g of what is<br />
written, and I may miscommunicate as much or even more than I<br />
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