 What does it mean to be aware? The very word itself can act as a powerful conduit in opening up the doors of our perceptions to reality. Develop an awareness of everything around us to break free the chains which bind our consciousness from the perspective of Earth to its place among the planets of our solar system and allow the wonder of our cosmic neighborhood to once again be remembered. The solar system formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago from the collapse of a giant interstellar cloud which created a large central sun with planets following an elliptic orbit. There are a total of eight known planets in our solar system, some with a mass more than ten times that of Earth. They are comprised of the four terrestrial planets closest to the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars which are mostly composed of rock and metals. Past Mars exist the four large gas giants known as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are strong indications that a ninth planet exists in our solar system known as Planet X based on gravitational disruption seen to both Uranus and Neptune and is spoken about in ancient cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia. This forgotten planet may have been responsible for both cataclysms and the seeding of life to Earth in the distant past. As vast as our solar system may seem to us, it is only one of the billions of others found in our Milky Way galaxy alone. The Milky Way galaxy is one of the trillions of other galaxies in the known universe which would outnumber every grain of sand on all the beaches of Earth. Among those galaxies exist millions of other planets and moons harboring life. Allow that staggering number and sheer size and scale to sink in. Reality will start to blur and soon you become an observer in this galactic adventure we are all part of aware of yourself and your place among the stars.