waves of consciousness

it seems like most people view consciousness like a digital code: either on or off. our awareness is not just a series of ones or zeroes as we fail or succeed in perceiving our surroundings.

consciousness is like a radio tuner. we can adjust the settings to pick up high frequencies with the passion and energy of experience, or we can tune it down to lower, more steady hums as we soak in the world more passively.

or we can turn it off when we get tired of listening.

some recent events have led me to believe that i haven't been tuned as well as i had thought. one can never really be paying attention if he is complacent.

constructive criticism is welcome