Awake refers to the state of being conscious and can be understood in biological terms as the behavioral manifestation of the metabolic state of catabolism. It is the daily recurring period in an organism's life during which consciousness, awareness and all behaviors necessary for survival, i.e., success in (Communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation), are conducted. Being awake is the opposite of being asleep a behavioral manifestation of the daily recurring metabolic state of anabolism.
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Awake refers to the state of being conscious and can be understood in biological terms as the behavioral manifestation of the metabolic state of catabolism. It is the daily recurring period in an organism's life during which consciousness, awareness and all behaviors necessary for survival, i.e., success in (Communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation), are conducted. Being awake is the opposite of being asleep a behavioral manifestation of the daily recurring metabolic state of anabolism.
Animals can eat and run, fly, swim or walk and procreate while awake; humans use their awake time to do diverse activities; talking, listening, writing, read, performing arithmetic, and working while in the awake state.
It is self-evident that the behaviors which take place while an organism is awake are necessary, complex and diverse. As sleep is biologically essential, an excess of time spent awake is sleep deprivation and is considered both non-productive and harmful. There are serious detrimental, even lethal physiological and psychological consequences both for forced wakeful activity which deprives an animal of sleep.
As a state of awareness It is traditional within oriental schools of thought and in esoteric teachings (i.e. antroposophy) to distinguish between four modes of awareness: wakefulness (conferring with dhyana), dream (conferring with dharani), sleep (conferring with pratyahara) and moment of death or absorption of spirit (conferring with samādhi). Each of these modes of awareness (citta) may be exercised (i.e. Yoga) in order to enhance wisdom (prajna) and enlightenment (buddhi). In Yoga these four modes of awareness, mental energies, are united with corresponding life forces (pranas.) The mental states of wakefulness, Dhyanas, are corresponding to the Asanas, the commonsensical understanding of Yoga exercises, but specifically refers to the corporeal conduct or seat of the wakefulness.
See also
- Consciousness
- Dream argument
- Lucid dreaming
- Sleep
- Sleepwalking
