The following thoughts and reflections gleaned come mostly from Eckhart Tolle's, "Practicing The Power Of Now"(pp.15-16):

beingness!

beyond yet including these myriad forms of life

subject to birth and death

'being' as an open concept, more open than the word god, although the very same!

we are blessed who have access to who we really are this beingness

some call it consciousness some call it awareness no matter

it is as it is just so!

all of this is felt rather than mentally understood it's a feeling realization!

when you are present, the infinite invisible is available,

your feeling of your own presence, of your direct friendship with right now

egoic mind structures fall to the wayside

transmuted by pure consciousness such a small step, a giant realization!

from the word being to the experience of being just this, here and now, breathe gently

and deeply smile for no good reason!

peace... habsonfire