Of course, we underestimate ourselves and heavily so. We just need to stop paying attention to the materialistic science and pay much more attention to our own experiences, our instincts, our creativity etc. They will tell you how much more we are and how this Universe we live in is beneficially inclined for us. And things don't need to only happen in your waking life, because even in dreams we get warnings that typically come in metaphor. People like Edgar Cayce. Carl Jung had done extensive researches on dreams and it's very eye opening for people who are interested in real learning. I've had one too many precognitive dreams that had either warnings or some other messages. All you need is to start paying attention to your experience, your instincts etc. As I've said earlier, awareness doesn't only mean being aware of your own self and needs but so much more. One can only imagine how aware the likes of Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Gandhi etc. were. They knew what we still don't know because we are still so primitive.