“ Pen and Sword in Accord” : This Samurai wisdom really cuts the chase on the “whole pen mighty that the sword “ thing.
It emphasizes thatr both high quality skills and the need to equally express other matters that settle in the mind.
Awareness can only happen through the mind. It is the result of one using the mind to express thoughts.
Without awareness an individual cannot grow. Therefore it is essential to think about the things that will lead to growth.
The manner in which we think makes up who we are, about this there can be no doubt.
WE BECOME AWARE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT.
What ever comes our way, will have to have some relationship with our awareness because that is what we are tuned into.
This logic forms the foundation for the contents of Awarescape.
Awareness should not be confused with alertness.
The former is about intentionally making it your business to know what is going on. Even if the situation is mundane.
The latter is a skill, which can aid in making awareness more precise.
Most people tend to live wrapped up in their own world, and instinctively look at things from a “what’s this got to do with me” point of view.
By just observing from a neutral position, you get a much clearer picture.
The extra effort is rewarded because the experience now forms subjective memory, which is readily associative to future situations.
Stretching your energy through effort, is the only way to achieve more.
Expressing knowledge through action is a success factor, an exercise that cannot be neglected.
The key is, the expression of knowledge takes the form of a state of awareness which is then the guiding force for action.
More often that can be pointed people tend to live on their laurels, and express opinions which gratify their Ego. Political leaders and other crowd swingers use this approach to their advantage, although the results will only be one sided and short lived.
Leaders who create a state of awareness through genuine expression rather than psychological manipulation, are rewarded with long term success.
It that not what we are all after in any endeavor in life
A small kid comes up to me today and we were talking about fireworks,
I asked if he was into setting them off him self ( as is legal in some countries;-) , and he like a true martial student he says said sure .
Next thing he says seriously was that anyone who had anything against could go to hell!
Whoa ” my friend those are rough words” lets rephrase here .
So I tell him next time he meets one of those environmental evangelists tell them ” to go home and hide under their bed… till they start doing it like the 4th of July in the USA “.
My pal agreed, in fact we both sat the and chuckled evilly, because we knew we had cracked the problem.
Its no good letting others see how we feel from our faces, it much more fun seeing the look on their faces when they know we understand how they really feel deep down inside.
Score One Golden Rule.
Not bad wisdom from a 7 year old
I have been sitting on my flow of thoughts, trying to find their relevance. I felt that rather than coming across in a scheming and calculated or even self-gratifying monologue, the discussion must lead to opening the doors of the mind. There was a time when altered states of consciousness were stimulated by all sorts of means, but the results show so many crash and burns that such experimentation is too risky. Come to think of it experimentation is not the right approach, rather discovery makes more sense.
My thoughts keep resounding that, there is a means to reach a higher plain of understanding through awareness with the mind, which would enable individuals to find purpose in their lives and those of others, and this is no illusion of Ethopia. The human mind proves over and over that it is capable of great things. It is up to the individual to harness it and this takes individual effort. At the same time the process would have to be simple, because the mind cannot do a 360 in a flash, and anyway circumstances always seem to have a way of maintaining a status quo.
A very old question comes to mind ” What do I seek ?” even more important ” Why am I seeking ? “. My answer to both MORE. More Materially, Spiritually and more ability to control. As I choose my “Stairway to Heaven” the need for awareness reveals itself. Awareness as an individual, of the universe, of creation and even death. Most people tend to avoid topics of this type thinking they are to complex and out of their realm . In fact they are powerful but like fire simple.
Realization is the key to awareness. Realization comes from asking questions with a desire to acquire knowledge. How many people really question things like their circumstances, relationships and future. Many people choose to be guided by advisors and take advantage of another person’s opinion, but there is really no power in such action. The rhetorical is, how can one know about everything ? The point is the individual has to make the choice, then the power will come into play. Hesitating to make a choice means the moment is lost.
This is why a growing awareness is necessary. Why it is important together information, and then most importantly, understand how that information will effect those concerned. This is a sound way of thinking for business, health, family even security.
A closing reflection to this discussion is what is there really to gain, my perception is Dignity.
The pace of life has picked up so much over the last 20 years, that we are no longer in the Industrial Age. (In fact this is something that some “developing” nations have even cashed in on).
Achievement is an expected norm, and phenomenal achievement is an open anticipation.
The masses tend to play into the hands of conventional though easily. All the way from Birth to Death and beyond.
At the end off the day, everyone is striving to get as far ahead in life as they can. Most of them generally beleive in the conventional “hard work” is the secure and moral way.
This way of thinking actually leaves a lot of open space for people with an innovative temperament. This is the ”minority” from which the highest number of successful people emerge
The trends these leaders create are then brought into the conventional stream of awareness to be adopted by the many.
“Thought begets awareness, awareness leads to growth.”
There are ways to think ! or in other word use the mind.
Thinking in the conventional way ( the way we have been schooled). Is more of an action of quickly posing a set of yes and no questions, which help you arrive at a conclusion. This way of thinking is actually a process of risk assessment.
The Human race has become so very good at this that almost every thought ( and I’m quite sure every conscious one) is performed in this matter.
There is only one problem, thinking like this does not reveal opportunities.
It just gets us from point A to Point B, and then around in circles.
Real ideas are created out of awareness for a need or desire.
Some might seem to think it is a dangerous thing to have too many ideas( in a day…..in a lifetime).
Awareness comes from discovering the potential in a situation .
Although at first it might seem like you are using the old logical way, but by practicing observation the facts gathered are authentic and fast become part of your value system.
Ever noticed how models , actors and other public personalities are rather than being self-conscious are self-aware.
They know how they are holding their bodies, exactly how their clothes fall, how their make up holds.
In fact being masters of self-awareness they know exactly when and where to put in that special flash that once agains reminds you who they are, and why you admire them so much.
More that anything else this is their greatest asset.
This is the sole common factor shared by all people who have risen to the top on their own steam.
The best thing though is that this is the skill each one of them had to develop on their own.
No one is born with this skill in the form of a talent. And it must be said, this is not a skill that is acquired cheaply.
