Living in Awareness

“You create your own reality” and “You are what you think you are”. At first I thought this was great and very simple – all I have to do is think in a particular way and I will be / have all the things I ever wished for. However, there are certain universal laws at work. It didn’t take long to find out that, although these universal law works, it is not so much what we “do” but more about how we are “being” that makes the difference.

We choose to “be” certain ways. We can choose to “be happy” or to “be sad” at any given moment – usually this is an unconscious choice. We tend to allow circumstances, past conditioning and social norms to dictate to us how we act. We then find ourselves reacting to situations instead of responding to them. This can be quite a challenge especially as we are so mind dominated. When we “try” to act in certain ways because we think we “should” or have been told that it is good to behave in certain ways, we soon end up with feelings of resentment. When we “are” peaceful, happy and in a place where we understand that God/The Universe provides for us exactly as we ask and in accordance with the energy vibration we are sending out then striving becomes futile. We can then see how weak and insignificant our egos are and the process of being able to “Let go and let God” becomes more natural. We split the natural polarities of the universe in two and decide on one over the other -therefore invalidating one in preference of the other. This creates more of the same, as the polarity that is rejected will keep coming back until it is accepted.

We are pulled between bouts of realised peacefulness and our strong ego desires. By shutting out the chatter of the mind/ego, we can more easily hear the god presence or spirit aspect of us. Bringing the mind, body and spirit into balance instead of the extremes we create. For example – we can abuse our bodies, feed it foods that don’t nourish it and take addictive chemicals into our systems. We can let our ego/mind become so engrossed in having and wanting more, believing that we are our minds and are identified by what we have. As the mind gets to have more control over us, it becomes loud and incessant making it more difficult for us to hear our god presence, the loving, ever-constant part of us that we so readily dismiss. Worse still, it is seen as insignificant and intangible because it cannot be intellectualised. It is as much a valid part of our being – if not more so – but it is the most denied, instead of being valued, nurtured and embraced. Our ego, or mistaken thoughts are taken to be real, when the real truth is so much more than we can comprehend. God (ourselves) is all there is – however, we have forgotten this and listened to our minds version of “reality”.