How does one reach awareness?

People wonder, how do I reach a state of awareness that brings a level of inner peace into my life?

I can share with you what I have learned about finding and staying present to inner peace.  First,  the desire to reach that state of awareness must be intense.  From that intensity comes the discipline to act with constant and universal forgiveness and gentleness, without exception.  One has to be compassionate toward everything, including your own self and thoughts.  Finally surrendering the past and the future and become present to the moments of NOW. 

The presence is silent and allows for a state of peace.  With it, all fear disappears, and spiritual joy occurs on a quiet level of pure peace.  Because the experience of time stops, there’s no apprehension, regret, pain or anticipation;  the source of joy is unending and ever-present.  With no beginning or ending, there can be no loss, grief, or suffering for everything is already perfect and complete.

I was a young girl around seven or eight when I first became aware that time was not as it is perceived.  This concept was something that I could articulate but the thoughts were not received well when I shared.  A little wacky to the unaware.

To test this “no time theory” all you have to do is stop and think about a time that something or someone totally and completely brought every part of you to that present moment.  In that moment everything was perfect.

Reaching that awareness takes a constant and unrelenting focus that is in all of us to achieve.

Forgiveness

“Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past” – Jack Kornfield

I love this!  How often we are stuck in the rut because of a past situation, or our childhood, or some unfair thing that we have experienced.  We can’t move forward! 

Forgiveness!  Okay, so life it not always perfect and it doesn’t always turn out in our determined time frame.  But what if it is all perfect in it’s creation and we are exactly where we should be and have experienced everything just the way it is supposed to be?

When we stop holding on to the past and the “unfairness” then we can beautifully live in the present moment of NOW and truly live life. 

Forgiveness is a step into love.  The love of yourself! 

Happy loving, forgiving and being! 

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Peace of mind through forgiveness

With peace of mind as our goal, forgiveness becomes a path we must walk to reach that goal.

Forgiveness is a self-awareness tool that we can use to correct our misperceptions and for helping us to let go of fear.  Simply stated, to forgive is to let go.

With this peace of mind goal in mind we must think of ourselves first in terms of self-fullness, not selfishness. The second step is forgiveness.

We become frustrated when we make the mistake of loving others as the first step.  Through our past experiences and distorted views some people simple seem unlovable; because of OUR faulty perception of their behavior it is difficult to love them.

When we have peace of mind as our goal, we can then take that second step, forgiveness, and choose to see others as extending Love, or being fearful and calling for help in the form of Love.

With this change in perception, it becomes easier to give both total love and acceptance to the other person and in return experience inner peace at the same time.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.  It is a choice within you.