Are You Aware?

When we hear the question, are you aware, we pause. If i were to ask you, for instance, am are you thinking? You would direct your attention towards your thoughts and answer yes. Only that which is aware can be aware of being aware or indeed anything else. So at that moment, i would suggest that yo awareness ceases directing its attention towards the objective content of experience,. And comes back to itself and knows itself. How would you describe it? Th feeling of being alive? Mean, i know when i'm because i don't have the feeling, presumably, whey you do direct it. When i'm in a deep sleep, because there isn't anything it is like