The distinction is one cognitive level up the scale of awareness. You can be aware of your body, sensation, and what happens around you. And then you can be awa

The distinction is one cognitive level up the scale of awareness. You can be aware of your body, sensation, and what happens around you. And then you can be aware of your awareness, meta-cognition and reasoning. The same difference that there is between thinking and thinking about thinking (i.e., self-reflection).