Folks I would like to ask what your opinion of being awake is.

For me it is the ability to think for myself. While I have things I wish were true I am able to put that on a shelf and find things that are true. I think it is the will to put my wishes to the side and except what can be proven over what I personally wish to be true. It is a painful thing to do at times because there are some truths I just do not want to face, I think that is true of all of us but I know that until I can stand against what we face with truly open eyes I will always wonder if I fell asleep again and didn't even notice. There is one thing that I do not need proof for and never will need proof for and that is my God. He is a feeling more than truth. He is much more to me than what anything in this world can offer. He is my strength and direction. Share with me if you will what you believe it is to be awake. All replies welcome with no judgement.

I had a near death exp in the early 80s so I have some points of reference most do not have.I can tell you FOR SURE that there is another life from here & that I had a few proven take aways. In that existence we are some form of light energy, there was no evil in existence only Good & God that I could feel. I wont go into it all but 1 of the other big deals was that time was different. The couple of decades of my life on earth then seemed like it says in the Bible just a blink of an eye& it seem very irrelevant to the real existence.
Then God gave me a dream 2yrs ago demanding that I listen&threw down a lightening bolt in the shape of a cross w/ a baby under it.Since I have had an actual wideawake vision of God, he gave me a message that I have been repeating, I have cleansed my pineal glands &now have pretty much daily visits from ET & spirit guides giving me messages & helping me connect with God an his universal consciousness.I feel like something big started yesterday.Not crazy!