Short Summary We are completely perfect and enlightened. Due to confusion we fail to see our innate perfection. We experience obsessive self centered thoughts and conflicting emotions. Moments of fresh awareness are glimpses of the awakened state. We can cultivate them while dancing, meditating and in daily life. Stable fresh awareness is complete enlightenment with the qualities of peace, love, unity, and respect. Medium Summary Our basic nature is completely awake and open. Our basic nature is open minded, intelligent and compassionate. This is like the sun itself which just shines. We get distracted from our own wakefulness. This distraction is called ego. Ego makes us feel separate, alienated and confused. This leads to obsessive thoughts and disturbing emotions. Ego obscures wakefulness like clouds covering the sun. Ego is only temporary and can be removed. Egoless openness is enlightenment, total freedom from suffering. The awakened state is like the sun shining in a cloudless sky. Fresh awareness is an experience of the awakened state. Fresh awareness is letting go of obsessive thinking. Fresh awareness can be experienced at any time. Fresh awareness is the essence of meditation. Fresh awareness is the essence of spontaneous dance. How to stabilize the awakened state. Start with many moments of freshness while dancing. Learn to sustain that freshness in all activities. Remaining in undistracted freshness all day long is the state of complete enlightenment. The qualities of enlightenment are peace, love, unity, and respect.