“You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness.” — Joel S. Goldsmith
It becomes more apparent to me that we live in a reactive environment on a moment to moment basis, rather than a responsive one. Speaking with numerous people over several weeks, I very often have the instinctive feeling that the conscious cognition given to the immediate interactive conversation, is suspended due to a pervasive distracted attention factor. It is almost as if any consciousness is segmented, making continuity fractured and disjunctive. This isen’t something that occurs irregularly, on the contrary. It is prevalent more now than ever before, which works as a domino effect not only in your life, but in the lives of everyone with whom you come into contact on a daily basis. Once you recognize this element either in yourself or someone else, the opportunity of choice presents itself. Yes . . . a metamorphosis is possible at this juncture and Carlos Castaneda put it another way, “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
Becoming an observer in your own life is not an exercise in futility. Once you become consciously active in your own life, your perspective and perception regarding everything clarifies. As someone suggested recently, many individuals use information filters constructed and construed from childhood in order to function. How is that working for you? At times it is necessary and imperative to re-evaluate every facet of our lives. This invites a consciousness of our basic existence. Along the way you will meet individuals who may constitute a great deal of angst, anxiety, discomfort and hurt. In that moment is the opportunity for conscious growth beyond the compromised ego, and Don Miguel Ruiz expresses it this way . . . “Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you.”
Taking an inventory of ourselves, and our connections/relationships with others takes guts, no one said this was going to be a sleigh ride, or the proverbial … walk in the park. The choice is, that you could continue to walk in a stupor of sorts, repeating the same old . . . same old. Or you will take the challenge, wake-up, step-up and rebuild your essence beginning with your consciousness. Raymond Charles Baker chose to think about it another way, “What you are is what you have done with the why you are. The Universe doesn’t operate by chance. We are all self-conscious beings with a gift to share. How we share that gift determines the quality of our lives and the memories we leave behind.” What gift will you share? Who will remember? Who will care? JLR