strings: How is one to be aware? How are we aware of anything? How are you aware of your relationship with æ person ? How are you aware of the trees, the call of a bird ? How are you aware of your reactions when you read a newspaper? Are we aware of the superficial responses of the mind, as well as the inner responses? How are we aware of anything? First we are aware, are we not? , of a response to a stimulus, which is an obvious fact; I see the trees, and there is . a response, then sensation, contact, identification and desire. That is the ordinary process, isn't it? •We can observe what actually takes place, without studying any books.