What we are aware of is the basis of what we call reality. If this wasn’t true then what else could it be? Can something be real if we are not aware of it in any way. Can the sun be real if we are not aware of some aspectt of it’s presence? How could we know the wind is real if we don’t feel it or see the trees move or the leaves shake? All this leads me to the understanding that awareness and consciousness are our reality. Reality is accessed through consciousness and awareness.
I believe this is important because it’s from this understanding that we have some control over our reality. This control is where we get to manage our lives. This is where we have a say in what comes into our awareness. If you know what to be awere of when you desire to be happy then you have created happiness in your reality.
However, this also makes the opposite true. Making yourself miserable, anxious, angry, sad, jealous, or whatever is done through the same process. Whether you make positive use of this understanding or not you are still working with the truth of it’s effect. This is a law and is in effect at all times. Ignorance of the law will not change whether or not is it doing what it does.
Making yourself aware of your shortcomings, mistakes, or sins as they say, WILL have the corresponding affect on your reality.
You can’t be at peace always thinking (which is the same as making yourself aware of) thoughts that do not cause peace to be your reality.