Awareness comes first. Awareness comes first because transformation and evolution begin with a shift in perspective. It’s so interesting how incredibly powerful you really are, and how you probably aren’t aware of it. Most people aren’t.
So if you are like most people (everyone basically), as you grew up you developed an understanding about how reality works from your environment. This includes of course your parents or caregivers, your home, your siblings, your school, your community and so on. Coming in fresh from spirit, you were welcomed into the world ordinary reality. And you were an enormous sponge, taking it all in at such an incredible rate that you became literate in the language and culture of your environment within just a year. Incredible really—you are so smart and so powerful.
And you developed an understanding about who you are as a member of the family you grew up in, your community and your culture. Certain things became very apparent because your people focused on them. Other things faded into the background, so much so that you stopped noticing that they were there at all. And what you noticed, what was available to your point of view, or your perspective, was shaped by what the people around you told you was important, valuable—and even real. Do you ever remember seeing something, feeling something, getting excited about something, and then your parent (or other authoritative adult) saying: “oh, that’s not real honey”?
And from that came your reality. Literally. Not just your perception of reality, but literally your reality. What you focus on expands, and law of attraction lines you up with what you focus on (consciously or unconsciously), and bingo: your experience becomes your reality.
The good news is that your Spirit, your Soul Self, is bigger than all that and can’t simply be defined by the acculturation and conditioning process. That bigger, more expansive part of you always has a broader, longer, more comprehensive and compassionate view of, well, of all of it. You are fortunate that way. Because in fact you are more powerful than you realize.
So awareness comes from tapping into the Spirit part, that Soul aspect. You take a big breath, step a little backward out of the story and sense of reality you’ve been living inside of, and a new perspective appears.
Sometimes it starts when you are talking with someone and she shares how with you how experienced a conversation or an experience you two had. And you realize—wow, her perception of that was totally different than mine. I mean, totally. Her reality and my reality were not the same. (Western science doesn’t like that idea, so if you are skeptical here, it may be coming from your congruence with that belief system.)
Sometimes it starts when you go to learn from someone who has achieved goals that you also want to achieve and you haven’t been able to do it. But at first you listen to what he says, and it makes no sense. Like David Neagle saying that Bob Proctor, his mentor, used to say to him that it’s easier to make $50,000 a month than it is to make $50,000 a year, and David thought he was joking. He could not believe it for a long time because it made no sense.
And then maybe you realize—this happened to me—that you have thoughts inside your head that say things like: “that’s for other people”; “people with money aren’t to be trusted”; “it’s better to not have money but be politically correct/smart/respected.” Ugh.
And then the awareness sets in. The limitations on your thinking. The stories you’ve been living inside. The realization that you’ve been denying yourself experiences you desire, or things that you want, or even the food and living situation that will support your health, well-being and aliveness. Denying yourself because you’ve believed: that’s just the way things are. That’s just how it is for my people. It’s better this way because I’m more spiritual, or more sustainable, or more politically correct—more something.
And realizing that—when the light of awareness shines on the box you’ve made for yourself and that you’ve been living inside—it can be pretty yucky. It can be uncomfortable. You can feel angry, resentful, confused, disappointed: why have I been living this way all these years?! If only I had know before, my life would have been different!!
B R E A T H E. Breathe because the benefits of awareness far outweigh what can be the temporary discomforts of awareness. Sometimes people pull back from awareness and try to re-enter their story because it felt better (ignorance is bliss, right?). I hope for you that it’s too late if you try, because I’ll say it again: the benefits far outweigh the discomfort.
Because the more awareness you develop—and as far as I can tell it’s an ongoing thing—the more connected you are to that Soul aspect, that bigger, broader part of you who can REALLY see. And when you do—oh and when you do—you would be amazed at what becomes visible. Reality is just not what you were taught it is.
You are so powerful—reality is what you believe it is.
So can you tolerate the discomfort of awareness? Can you tolerate it to the point where you can forgive yourself and everyone else for all the limitations (coercions, manipulations, confusions. . .) you experienced—and then keep expanding?
Free yourself. Do you know how powerful you really are?
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