James believed that one of the saving grace of…
Page 103. James believed that one of the saving grace of life was the ability to be conscious in the right way. Most humans are conscious but in James words, compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake we sleepwalk to life, operating well below our exponential or moral threshold. The chapter on the stream of consciousness in the principles of psychology is a preparatory step in rousing us. It sets the conditions for us to open our eyes, to be aware that the stream of consciousness is fast and wide and ceaselessly in its flow.
— from The Mind in the Cockpit · Sick Souls, Healthy Minds- How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag