Life is the play of variables and tension. Tension creates awareness. Self awareness is essential if we wish to make the best choices in our life. Alert, Aware, Awake. This video discusses the dynamic interplay of variables as information that comes in and we have to make sense of it all. We do that using a conscious approach and asking: how did that affect me? From there we learn more about ourselves and then we decide: how do I go forward? This, too, is information about the game of life. Do we alter the situation by being forceful? Do we accommodate the situation by placating someone? Do we avoid the situation by pretending it away? Or do we try to problem-solve and see if we can create a win-win? These are the choices we have and how we use them either takes us towards integration or disintegration; towards a more enlightened self or staying in the darkness of ignorance. The choice is always ours but once we are awake, it is more difficult to go to sleep again.