Being Awake

The Buddha taught that to be awake and mindful is to transcend the wheel of Karma.  Jesus said over and over again that it is only he who has eyes to see, who has ears to hear, that will receive the message of transcendence, and become able to live in love.  How can simply paying attention to what is before us—the tedium of our daily lives—transform our experience of- and responses to- the world?