Awareness

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As we cultivate awareness, the path that we’re on seems to broaden and become more expansive.  Hope and possibility become more apparent as we gain insight into our life purpose.  Awakening to our life purpose is a rewarding aspect of opening our heart and letting the universe gently guide us in the right direction through our intuition. 

Increasing our awareness or expanding our consciousness allows us to see with clarity.  We learn to become a silent witness to our thoughts and behavior.  We begin to realize that we can transcend our thoughts and behavior and become an instrument of change in our own lives. 

As we become more aware, we can become more adept at transforming negative thought and readily dismiss fear and doubt .  Moving forward on the path of enlightenment is not without obstacles.  It takes mindfulness, dedication and patience to continually nurture our spiritual path. It requires a lot of self-examination and transformation.  Letting go of past pain and negative conditioning and beliefs can take time to fully release.  However, the reward of becoming free of the emotional barriers and allowing abundance to flow freely in your life is worth the effort and perseverance.

Letting Go

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There are times when life seems to move along briskly and others times when we feel that our lives are kind of stuck in a holding pattern.  It very well may be that negative thoughts, feelings and self-defeating patterns of behavior are standing in the way of our happiness and success.  It could just be the perfect time to lighten up and let go of extra emotional baggage that could be weighing you down.

One of the most common places to start is to evaluate what pain or grudges you may be carrying around from the past. After careful thought and consideration, it’s hard to rationalize any explanation for carrying around a burden that  should no longer be on our shoulders. While there are valuable lessons to be learned and wisdom to be gained from where we’ve been; holding onto negative feelings, thoughts and emotions can only serve to be detrimental, and a stumbling block to freeing ourselves and moving forward. It’s important that we work through our life experiences with resolve and process them as efficiently as possible as we live and learn.  However, it’s just not healthy to allow it to take up space and stand in the way of our happiness and abundance.

  As every season changes we need to till our own gardens, renew our faith and establish a new perception and perspective as we heal our wounds and grow inherently wiser over time and through our experiences. The validity of what once happened and how it affected our life is important and it enhances our strength of character and can also provide conviction and momentum to make a fresh start as long as we process the emotions and let it go.

Becoming mindful, and learning to witness our thoughts and behaviors can be beneficial in identifying which of our behavior patterns are working against us. This glimpse of awareness helps us identify, with clarity, the areas in our lives where we can benefit from making a conscious effort in order to initiate change.  Changing our way of thinking and establishing a new perspective can alleviate the weight from unnecessary burdens that we may have subconsciously carried with us for way too long.  Sooner or later, it’s critical that we realize the importance of letting go, and as we let go we create space in our hearts and our lives for new experiences.

Allow yourself to blaze a new trail, and follow your heart where it takes you.  Lead yourself down a new road and little by little begin to shape your destiny to reflect the life that you want to live. Self-realization and awareness will provide you with strength of character, and power to make the right choices and rise above negative thoughts and limiting behavior patterns.

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Cultivating Awareness

By evaluating our health and taking responsibility for making changes in our diet and lifestyle is one the first steps toward conscious living. Diet plays a big part in determining the state of out health.  Eventually bad habits take their toll. As we cultivate awareness of how our bodies feel we begin to recognize more clearly how the food we eat can impact our health.  If we don’t correct bad habits and allow small problems to develop into chronic conditions, the consequences for our actions or lack of action can become significant.

In addition to developing awareness of our diet, it’s also important that we become aware of dangers of the chemicals we introduce into our homes with everyday cleaning products, personal care products and anything that may expose us to potentially harmful chemicals.  Residual chemicals can remain stored in the body and is thought to disrupt the delicate chemical balance in the body in certain individuals and may cause long term health problems.

Rather than think of dietary changes as deprivation you should cultivate awareness of the life giving properties of a healthy nutritious diet and consider it to be a source of empowerment for your mind and body.  Think in terms of adding better quality food to your diet rather than what you’re being deprived of.  As you begin to make a conscious effort at providing a wide variety of healthy options including fruits, vegetables and whole grains you will eventually eliminate the desire to have less healthy options. 

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