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.

For me being able to step outside my comfort zone to verify everything with new eyes, and accept that most of what I thought to be fact was just well inserted propaganda to keep me under someone elses thumb. That knowing that my purpose here is to be a asset to my fellow people around the world not just myself. Being able to disconnect emotion from fact, and act on the facts not the emotions.
We all have been indoctrinated since birth to believe so many mistruths and the hardest part is to overcome the programming and find your own truths. I now assume that it is all false untill I verify with my own investigation. That is what it is for me.