Awareness – A New Beginning

Here I am thinking about you and all the people I have yet to meet and how I might fulfilll my side of things. I got to thinking about awareness.   One of my first realizations of what that meant came from author, Jesuit priest, psychologist and seminar leader Anthony de Mello.  His book Awareness is one of the finest books on finding your true purpose around. De Mello claimed that most people are asleep and need to wake up, open up their spiritual  eyes, and see the reality of what is.  He said that the greatest human gift is to be aware and be in touch with your body and mind. He also insisted that to be aware means realizing the needs and potential of others.

My intention now is to begin a new phase of life, life coaching and teaching Meditation and mindfulness based stress reduction.   Like Anthony de Mello, who was such an inspiration to me, I truly desire that everyone is able to wake up and fulfill their true purpose in life.  That I can be a part of the process of self-realisation in the lives of others, of encountering directly the God or Beingness that is behind all concepts, forms and religious formulas.

When we fulfill our most basic need, to be the person we truly are, we can fully participate and be happy in the other aspects of our lives such as family, friendship, marriage, society and work.  My intention is to offer you the best means possible to do that through coaching, meditation and stress reduction services and products over the coming months and years.

Looking at the current state of the world.  Don’t you think we owe it to ourselves to be all we can be? We need to give ourselves the kind of rest and rejuvenation, even transformation, that stillness and silence  provides.  To find the strength and guidance we are looking for in these uncertain times does take practice, commitment and willingness to be the change that we are looking for. Change is growth, but change for changing sake is probably not helpful. Know and accept yourself for who and what you really are and change may happen!

I’d like to end with a story….

True Spirituality

The master was asked, “What is Spirituality?”

He said, “Spirituality is that which succeeds in bringing one to inner transformation.”

“But if I apply the traditional methods handed down by the masters, is that not spirituality?”

“It is not spiritulaity if it does not perform its function for you. A blanket is not longer a blanket if it does not keep you warm.”

“So spirituality does change?”

“People change and needs change. So what was spirituality once is spirituality no more. What generally goes under the name of spirituality is merely the record of past methods.”

(From the Song Of The Bird, Anthony de Mello)

Let me know what you think the story means, for you….

I wish you all health and abundance in life .

Peace and Love,

 

 

Gavin J Gowans