Spiritual Law # 8: The Law of "Awareness."

My wife and I have a "best friend" who recently observed, "no one can be aware of EVERYTHING they do!"

The WONDERFUL TRUTH is, "OH YES I (YOU) CAN" be aware of everything I (you) do!

And not only aware of all I (you) do, but also the VALUES governing me (you) and the THOUGHTS,  WORDS and DEEDS or ACTIONS, that are outcomes of those VALUES. 

That's "TOTAL AWARENESS."

I (you) MUST be aware of all our values, thoughts, words and deeds.  "Excusing" oneself from that responsibility of TOTAL AWARENESS is where we "fail ourself" in at least two different ways.

First, anyitme I refuse, say "no," "disallow," "include myself 'out,'" say, "I can't," or otherwise respond "in the negative," I close "the flow of energy" (Universal Energy) in a certain direction.  Cutting off iThe Universal Flow of Energy in any direction, reduces my choices to respond, thereby reducing my power.

Secondly, "Total Awareness," of all I value, think, say and do, is the "key" to assuming personal responsibility
for my life and ownership of myself.  One cannot "own oneself " and assume personal responsisbility for all that occurs with/to me, without "total awareness."

It isn't easy to achieve, TOTAL AWARENESS.  If it was, everyone would be doing it. 

Like so many things, achieving TOTAL AWARENESS takes practice. 

Often, awareness starts with being concious of what I value, think, say and do, in the "little things." 

"Why did I think that thought?"

 "Where did those words come from, that's not really what I wanted to, or meant to, say?

"Why did I DO that?"  "That action cost me so much!"

Start asking yourself those questions, for all you think, say and do and soon, you'll come to know yourself very, very well. 

"Knowing yourself," what YOU value, that leads to YOUR thoughts, words and deeds, will empower YOU more than YOU could have ever envisioned or dreamed.  Further, when you find something, perhaps a "hidden value," which you had not known was "there," inside you, that you don't "like," you can change that value.

Through YOUR ever-heightened AWARENESS, YOU can make different choices. 

"Oh Yes You Can," is the slogan of one of our local automobile dealers.

To experience REAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT, make "OH YES I CAN" your slogan, supported by your VALUES, THOUGHTS, WORDS AND ACTIONS.

Dr. Walter Wayne Hopewell