I kind of waited for you commenting about martial arts … the last days have been so many so-called coincidences about martial arts. I feel like I should start practicing it. Had this thought yesterday evening at the lake and then immediately thought about you. :)

I think your teacher is right. It is the awareness that never leaves, a state of consciousness. We need to create a state of mind that's always capable of going with the flow. There's one saying about meditation that I lovelove.
It goes: "To whom who meditates the whole universe bows down."