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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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