When our understanding of the world is based on evidence and reason it’s obvious that the way each moment unfolds is the inexorable result of all that precedes it — in Naturalistic Humanism this idea is called Metawareness. 

Applied to humans, the implications of metawareness arerevolutionary requiring, among other things that we reconsider the way we credit, blame, punish, reward, and apportion resources.    

Metawareness helps us deal more effectively with everything we encounter supporting equanimity and a sense of serenity.