Knowing the self

A great many people are asleep on this planet, and it is the mind and suppressed emotions and the fact that we don't live from our heart that has created this condition. Our identification with our mind/ego and it's myriad of beliefs, including that of separation, actually keeps us from knowing our True Self and keeps is “separate”. We are slaves to our ego and it's patterns, and through our clinging to judgments and beliefs and identifying with them as “who we are” we are kept enslaved. However, when we begin to become aware of this and start to bring awareness to our dysfunctional egoic distortions.. and by this I mean our irrational beliefs and judgments that we have learned and have placed on life or others.. we begin to open the way for healing and for the Truth of Life to reveal itself to us.

For some, a part of this movement of unfolding also includes uncovering childhood emotional pain and allowing it to express itself. As children many of us we were unable to for a variety of reasons, but as adults these locked up feelings need to be expressed if we are to fully heal. All of our blocked energies and mental distortions must be brought to Awareness and integrated in order for us to Become.

Awareness it's fullest sense, is a fundamental aspect of our being. It is that part of us which arises in quiet moments or in meditation when the mind is silent. It is also that part of us which witnesses. To become Aware of the activities of our mind and our emotional nature requires tapping into that deeper part of our Being, and from that place looking at ourselves. The very act of doing this initiates the process of healing and begins to bring us Home.

We must be fearless in looking at ourselves and what we have become as a result of our conditioning as well, but we also must embrace and accept all of those aspects of ourselves as we uncover them. When we do this, we release the energy and allow movement and inner change to happen.

In addition, the practice of “dropping down into our heart” and shifting our identification from mind/ego to our feeling nature and Love, facilitates greater awareness and inner quietude. When we do this and then become mindful of what it is we are doing in every moment, we bring ourselves into Present Moment Awareness. This has the effect of quieting our mind, and it also creates more space and quiet, which then makes it easier for us to see ourselves and also creates the conditions for That Which Is to rise up and reveal Itself to us. The practice of Gratitude and Kindness in every moment, and particularly in the morning when we wake up, is a wonderful way to accomplish this.

When we drop into our hearts and live from Love, we find that life changes significantly. Not only are we able to focus easily on being in the Present Moment and paying attention to what we are doing, but we also notice that people and circumstances in our lives change as well. This is because we are becoming attuned to our True Self and allowing the movement of Being in our lives.

To most people this concept is quite foreign because the average person lives in the past or the future.. both of which emanate from the mind. But ironically, becoming Present and dwelling in Present Moment Awareness is our natural state of Being. Those who live in this way know Truth arises from Silence, and that same Truth will then reveal to us that we are That. We are One. We are Love. We are God.

All of humanity exists in The Body of God. God is in us and we are in God.. and in truth we ARE God because there is no separation.. yet we do not know it because we are out of alignment with our True Nature. But we CAN come into Alignment and bring ourselves into Present Moment Awareness, and in this way, what IS will open to us. If we have the desire, and prepare the ground we will experience healing, happiness and fulfillment, and by Grace and Intent, perhaps even Spiritual Awakening.
peace/love
John