“Everything is fine today, that is our illusion.” — Voltaire
Critical thinking takes an inordinate amount of focal consciousness. In our everyday lives we take a compendium of events for granted, given the manner in which we move through daily living. Our orientation, environment and expectation which propels our mindful genesis, contributes to the unbrella of our conditioned behavior and conduct. With very few exceptions, we continue moving in this mindless exercise of existence until something or someone electrifies a spark of conscious awareness drop-kicking our focus in another direction. Carl Jung put it another way, “The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.”
Thoughts are creative and manifest what appears in our lives with lightening speed. Until we awaken to that understanding, we walk in the darkness of our unexpressed essence. Ego supersedes the awakening of consciousness and obscures our ability to grasp a fundamental truth. In the years that comprise our lives, we walk blindly following what we believe is a path of sacrifice followed by reward. Only that reward may be what Dr. Wayne Dyer describes succinctly . . . “You can never get enough of what you don’t want.”
There exists moments that we feel out of “sync” so to speak, not quite where we think or feel we should or want to be. What does this really mean? Do we even know? How do we begin the process of peeling back the layers of our lives, and revealing the nakedness of our truth, consciousness and essence? There is no one answer for anyone, however I have heard stated this idea . . . “Simplicity is the glory of expression.” Ask yourself a question . . . at this point in your life, do you feel empowered or disempowered? What is usurping your energy, empowerment and spirit? To whom or to what are you unconsciously releasing it in the name of accomplishment, recognition, goal, reward, success, achievement, remuneration or for you personally might it be somethng else? No one or thing can take your energy, empowerment or spirit from you without your permission . . . consciously.
When seeking your personal truth through conscious present awareness, the journey can be arduous, challenging and frightening. However, by beginning the work through change, it may dispell the conditioned response when asked by a friend or family member . . . “How are you today?” and instead of saying . . . “Everything is fine,” you begin to pierce that veil of illusion responding with your individual truth, using the new skill set of critical thinking. E.E. Cummings said it best, “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” JLR