Ep. 20. The power of awareness.
Awareness is the begining of evolution. As I mentioned before, soul has a nature of evolution. Before we evolve, we first have to be aware what it is that we are trying to evolve to. As a slang said, you can never fix a problem without knowing what the problem is, right? That’s how awareness plays a big role in evolution.
During my coaching, I noticed that not many people are aware of the problem, or rather said that they are very aware of what the problem is, they just chose not to deal with it. You see, we are so used to live in this world that everything is covered/buried up. So most of time, not only we are not held responsible to our thought and intention (sometimes even action), we are not aware of our being either. We go around telling people how to fix their problem, but have hard time fixing our own ones. It’s easier to fix other people’s problem, right? But if you truly understand what I was talking about in the past month, you will start to understand that other people’s problem is simply none of your business. What you perceive a problem, may or may not be a problem for that individual. So whether they choose to take your advice should be a choice for them to make as well. Everyone has different purpose and task in life, left alone a journey that is particularly designed for everyone. We have no position to judge what is right or wrong, good or bad (have I mentioned that they are already the best/worst judge of their own?), since no one could escape Karma, not to mention ‘hell’ that we all go through before entering the white light. Our perception of ‘good life’ may or may not apply to others. So guess where it will lead us? Us. We come to this world so we can become a better soul, so your standards of right or wrong, good or bad is really there to keep us on track, not to be used to judge how others choose to live their life. Sure, if you happens to meet someone that work well with you, great. But if you happen to meet someone that simply drive you to the bone, you’d also have the choice to keep that person out of your life as well (no matter what identity they are to you. But that alone will be a task for you. The stronger the bond is, the toughest the task will be.) We only attract the people of the same kind, the more you’d learn to keep the people you don’t want in life, the more you will become and attract the people that you’d like.
Of course, people may tell you what problem you have. But if you don’t think that is a problem for you, the chance is that is probably not a problem for you to be aware of, but theirs. (but do understand, choosing to stay with you or leave you will also be their choice to make as well. If you want people to respect who you are as it is, you will most likely have to respect they are who they are as well.) If something is indeed a problem, you will eventually be aware how it cause difficulties in your life. Which will later on bring you to make a change about it.
Most of people are aware what their problem is. Seriously, most of us. We just ‘prefer’ to work on other people’s problem, because it doesn’t hurt as much. I often heard people say that “I know I am fat, but I just cannot resist food”, “I know my room is messy, but I am simply too busy”, “I know I am emotional, but there’s nothing I can do about it” etc… The truth is, any sentence that come after ‘but’ is usually your execuse for not dealing with your issue. Sure, life is easy if we don’t have to do any works. But is it really going to make us feel better of ourselves? Is it really going to help us evolve into a better soul? In Chinese religion, task you did not finish will be your task in the next life. (in fact, it will be your next task to come. It doesn’t have to wait till your next one.) So why wasting our life, or the next, doing the same thing again? What I am trying to say is that, at the moment you start to be responsible to your thought, hold accountable of your intention, then awareness is simple the begining of your evolution. Understand, when you are aware, you are given chance to be in a better place (because some of us are not even aware). So why stop here when you can move forward and get to that better place?
The begining of the journey of evolution is awareness. So instead of having your excuse stops you from mvoing forward in life, how about pick a easy one among all the tasks that you need to work on and start with that? Just keep this in mind, everything you do to make a better change of that awareness will have a better result in your life later on. Here I thought I’d made myself clearer. When I say ‘better yourself’, people often think about their appearance first and how to make it looks better. But I am here to share with you what I discover: the most inspiring story out there is never about how beautiful someone look, but how one decide to make a difference in their own life base on their awareness. We may not come to this world look as beautiful as a celebrity, but theres a reason for it. We choose this specific body so we can fulfil our purpose, overcome our tasks and meet our soulmate (Yes, you will be surprised how many features you purposely picked to come with you just so you can meet that specific someone in life. The things that you may not like about yourself, sometimes is that specific someon’s most favourite thing of all). so instead of looking for something that is simply not you, how about taking a moment to be with yourself and learn to appreicate your whole being and the value of your existence. wIt’s the moment when you start to understand how everything connect one another, you will then really appreciate why you are the way you are. So when we are aware of things that we know we can make better, don’t let the execuse stop us. Pick something and make your first step. Keep going with a little step at the time, you will soon see the result of that. It’s the moment that you appreciate what you’ve done to yourself, the reward will be greater than what the world could possibly offer to you. 🙂
Dear Ruowen,
Thank you for being in this world, I am so grateful for your wisdom words and efforts!
I consider myself a lost soul if there is a such term!
I am an exact model what you had mentioned in the episode of Th task of life; at least I thought I was! But older I got I feel more lost, I am now 38 years old and I can dare to say I don’t really know what happy is even though I am doing everything I could to connect to my spiritual guide.
I am writing a declaration everyday for having a great day with all the good thoughts and intention which I call it 許願本!I am big believe of gratitude as I am grateful for all things I have in my life. I am excising, going out to nature, aware of my thoughts, watch out my diet …. Etc…. But after all I am doing all I can think of is dying! My FB blog is sharing to people how to be positive and have influented many of my readers, however, I don’t know how to smile truly or I should say I am so tired of breathing which I found absurd as I just done a big run and having my lunch in a beautiful outdoor café.
Am I a lost soul? I need a help I am so lost even I am trying so hard to be my own life.
PS: Here is my blog which contents some of my writing to help you to understand who I am or what I am trying to do!
http://ladolcevita0819.pixnet.net/blog
Thank you for your time and what you are doing!
Warm regards
Vita
Hi, Vita, thank you for your message, and I hope my today’s episode answer your question.
No one is a lost soul on this earth. At least, not as far as I can see.
We all experience a sense of lost some point in our life, which is a way our soul evolve. It’s through that confusing feeling we got, then we’re urged to seek for solution.
I understand that you are trying everything you could to live a positive life and make control of your own life, but if you’d liked me to be completely honest with you, I felt that you have not learned to come to peace with all those emotions that you’ve learned to put aside. There are wounds from your past that you are still holding on to. Though you’ve taught yourself not to hang on to them, it still doesn’t erase the fact that it hurt (and probably still hurts). You did not learn to let it go, but master in pretending that it is not there. Coming to peace with your own self is not only able to talk about it, but also understanding why it happens, why you planned that to happen and what you are supposed to learn from that experience. It is when you truly understand the reason for an event to happen in your life, you will then free yourself from the pain it creates.
Thank you for your support and all the wonderful things that you are doing to make this world a better place. But do learn to take care of yourself, and embrace your emotions even when it’s negative to hell. Afterall, it’s a part of you and what makes you special and different from others.
Cheers,
Ruowen
Sorry, I think I had given you a wrong email, it should be vita_taute@yahoo.com.tw