The elephant in the room.

[Unbound]

If you spend a day being selfish, the next selfless, then the next selfish, then the next selfless, by the end of your life you will have made no choice, but simply swam around in the sinkhole. You may do this, it is acceptable, but is a very slower manner of progress.

Becoming more aware, more conscious, means more conscious awareness of one's choice and thus more participation in one's choice.

The question comes is do you think about the results of your actions before engaging in the actions, or merely act and justify things later? Following the heart without wisdom serves the same as following wisdom without heart.

Each will show you one side of the coin, but only when love and wisdom are used together do you see the whole coin.