Well, for @barge:
...being Awake is to have woken up to the awareness that I was 'asleep' before and that the 'waking up' is a process, not an end in itself - it is not a 'permanent state' but a moment-to-moment discovery. It may not be dramatic like it's made out to be (in the movies? on youtube? in one's head? :), but there is a feeling of deep satisfaction and harmony. There is the relief of dropping a sack of stones that one didn't even realise one was carrying - it had been going on so long that it just felt normal! It is an awareness of one's formless nature and of having a neutral, balanced point of inner alignment which one can return to at any time. Being awake is deeply synonymous with feeling alive; it is to see unity and wholeness where once was division.
Being awake is to see the macrocosm in the microcosm - the 'above' in the 'below' and the 'outside' in the 'inside' and vice-versa. To be awake is to be aware of (have figured out) how and why I am the way I am - to deeply understand the emotional, psychological baggage that I have carried and to have learnt that I can let it go - it is to be and to feel liberated.
To be awake is to observe the world that I project from within me and to not confuse it with reality. To be awake is to touch the pulse of the present moment in the ebb and flow of consciousness and know without judgement where one (or the 'other') is at present. To be awake is to observe the ever unfolding human drama – at the individual and the global level - and to see that they are two sides of the same coin mirroring each other; it is to have an awareness of playing many roles in life and to see that no role-created identity is who I really am. Being awake is to have gained an understanding of one's own experience, such that one now has a better understanding of EXPERIENCE itself - which can be applied to a new inter-connected vision of the world and humanity. To be awake is to know that nothing I do matters as much as how I do it (the state of consciousness I am in, and my intentons); it is to feel compassion for all living beings for I can now extend to them the same unconditional love that I can to my own, inner self – I can see my existence reflected in theirs to the extent that there may no longer be any discernable difference between us.
To be awake is to fear nothing at all and to have trust and confidence in one's own benevolent power as a unique expression of infinite consciousness; it is to embrace synchronicity and to know that every single thing is pin-point accurate. To be awake is to have relinquished any need or desire to control (or be controlled by) other people or situations - it is to feel oneself in a position of strength drawn from inner authority. Being awake is to be aware of/have experience of one's power to actively and creatively design our lives for ourselves, the way we want; it is to live the slogan "Be the change you wish to see".
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🚣Many thanks @son-of-satire :D
This was a terrific entry, thanks.