ABSTRACT
Meaningful awareness is awareness of self in relation at the contact boundary. We believe that awareness in and of itself is a precursor for all change. Fritz Perls identified three zones of awareness: inner zone, outer zone, and middle zone. By being attentive to each of the zones of awareness we can increase our ability to attune to our current environment and the way in which we creatively adjust to our environment. Consequently, we can improve our relationship with our perceived world as we increase our level of contact with the present situation. In healthy functioning there is usually rapid shuttling between all three zones of awareness with the middle zone functioning to facilitate awareness of what is. The birth of a new awareness brings about the death of the previous awareness. Such is the nature of healthy gestalt formation that emerging figures are destined for destruction.
