Awareness is Transformative
Awareness, in and of itself, is transformative
Ken Wilbur
Is awareness transformative? Something that simple can change your whole life? Then what is awareness? If we are creatures of habit, we must not be aware? Duh. You got it. We are creatures of habit. Our life story is a story of our habits of thinking. The main habit we have is assuming. Assuming makes an ass of you and me, I was told by an alcoholic in a treatment center years ago. And what is it that we assume?
Examine yourself. You can either assume or be aware, but not both. Assumption or awareness, that is the choice. Remain the same or change. Be conformed or transformed. This is our choice every moment.
Socrates questioned everything, every assumption. Jesus questioned everything, every assumption. So can you. Every thought, every feeling, every behavior, every habit. If you don’t question everything, you will remain stuck in your unconscious assumptions. It’s your choice. You can remain asleep or awaken. You can remain unconscious and anxious or become conscious and free. You can begin right now. You don’t have to wait for anyone’s permission or blessing. You don’t have to wait for graduation, for a promotion or for retirement. Today is the day of salvation.
But how? Maybe up until right now you never asked how. How? is a prayer. You just asked God a question. You will get an answer. But in order to get that answer, you will have to listen. You will have to be willing to change. You will no more be a creature of habit. Life is a crap shoot and everything is on the line. You are betting it all on the next roll of the dice.
If you are not a creature of habit, then who are you? Can you hold that question in mind for over 2 minutes? Try it. Secondly, you ask. What is reality? Uh oh! I didn’t expect that. Doesn’t everyone know what reality is? There you go again, assuming. Remember, we are going to question everything if we want to wake up. In this dream of life, in this rabbit hole, we have to ask questions. Assume nothing. Doubt everything. Be present or you will miss it. All you will see is yesterday’s old movies. And you will again be a bit player in the next TV drama.
Jesus asked 87 questions of those who wanted to wake up with him. “Couldn’t you stay awake with me even one hour?” he quipped to his sleepy students. Nope, we can’t, at least we haven’t so far. If we were awake, could we be involved in the insanity of war? In the insanity of gossip? In the insanity of mediocrity? In the insanity of blame?
Our assumptions are insane and we don’t even see it. We take anxiety pills by the truckload and never question that our anxiety is appropriate to our insanity, to our assumptions. Do you want to change or to be right? Do you want to be happy or to be right? Do you want to be transformed or to complain and criticize? Begin today. Question everything, every assumption.
How can you do that? I will give you a clue. Nothing exists except the Infinite Good. Try that one on for size. That one clue will shatter your view of your identity and your “reality.” What have you got to lose except your insanity, your assumptions, your desire to be right and mediocre? Join me today in the Wake-up Club. Renew your mind, and your world will change accordingly.
Let’s consider that God is speaking to us every moment, for example. Are we listening or are we just caught up in ego chatter. You could assume that God never speaks to you, or you could be aware that she always speaks to you. How is that for a wake-up call! Suppose everything that ever happened to you was a message from Eternity. Suppose you are deaf, dumb and blind to that possibility? Suppose that universal love, universal intelligence, universal power, and universal talent are yours! What habits of thought keep you from transformative awareness?
Suppose that you have never had a steady vision of reality? Suppose you are just seeing your own assumptions. No wonder life is boring, repetitive, mediocre, insecure and stressful. We are just listening to the old re-runs of our parents and our society and our educational system. Jesus said “The Kingdom of God is right here, right now, and you don’t even see it!” No wonder he was so turned on!
Assumptions or awareness, anyone?
Ken Wilbur
Is awareness transformative? Something that simple can change your whole life? Then what is awareness? If we are creatures of habit, we must not be aware? Duh. You got it. We are creatures of habit. Our life story is a story of our habits of thinking. The main habit we have is assuming. Assuming makes an ass of you and me, I was told by an alcoholic in a treatment center years ago. And what is it that we assume?
Examine yourself. You can either assume or be aware, but not both. Assumption or awareness, that is the choice. Remain the same or change. Be conformed or transformed. This is our choice every moment.
Socrates questioned everything, every assumption. Jesus questioned everything, every assumption. So can you. Every thought, every feeling, every behavior, every habit. If you don’t question everything, you will remain stuck in your unconscious assumptions. It’s your choice. You can remain asleep or awaken. You can remain unconscious and anxious or become conscious and free. You can begin right now. You don’t have to wait for anyone’s permission or blessing. You don’t have to wait for graduation, for a promotion or for retirement. Today is the day of salvation.
But how? Maybe up until right now you never asked how. How? is a prayer. You just asked God a question. You will get an answer. But in order to get that answer, you will have to listen. You will have to be willing to change. You will no more be a creature of habit. Life is a crap shoot and everything is on the line. You are betting it all on the next roll of the dice.
If you are not a creature of habit, then who are you? Can you hold that question in mind for over 2 minutes? Try it. Secondly, you ask. What is reality? Uh oh! I didn’t expect that. Doesn’t everyone know what reality is? There you go again, assuming. Remember, we are going to question everything if we want to wake up. In this dream of life, in this rabbit hole, we have to ask questions. Assume nothing. Doubt everything. Be present or you will miss it. All you will see is yesterday’s old movies. And you will again be a bit player in the next TV drama.
Jesus asked 87 questions of those who wanted to wake up with him. “Couldn’t you stay awake with me even one hour?” he quipped to his sleepy students. Nope, we can’t, at least we haven’t so far. If we were awake, could we be involved in the insanity of war? In the insanity of gossip? In the insanity of mediocrity? In the insanity of blame?
Our assumptions are insane and we don’t even see it. We take anxiety pills by the truckload and never question that our anxiety is appropriate to our insanity, to our assumptions. Do you want to change or to be right? Do you want to be happy or to be right? Do you want to be transformed or to complain and criticize? Begin today. Question everything, every assumption.
How can you do that? I will give you a clue. Nothing exists except the Infinite Good. Try that one on for size. That one clue will shatter your view of your identity and your “reality.” What have you got to lose except your insanity, your assumptions, your desire to be right and mediocre? Join me today in the Wake-up Club. Renew your mind, and your world will change accordingly.
Let’s consider that God is speaking to us every moment, for example. Are we listening or are we just caught up in ego chatter. You could assume that God never speaks to you, or you could be aware that she always speaks to you. How is that for a wake-up call! Suppose everything that ever happened to you was a message from Eternity. Suppose you are deaf, dumb and blind to that possibility? Suppose that universal love, universal intelligence, universal power, and universal talent are yours! What habits of thought keep you from transformative awareness?
Suppose that you have never had a steady vision of reality? Suppose you are just seeing your own assumptions. No wonder life is boring, repetitive, mediocre, insecure and stressful. We are just listening to the old re-runs of our parents and our society and our educational system. Jesus said “The Kingdom of God is right here, right now, and you don’t even see it!” No wonder he was so turned on!
Assumptions or awareness, anyone?
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