Becoming Conscious is Tricky!

When we first start to become conscious of our actions it becomes easy to blame our lack of tolerance for where someone else is in their journey on their lack of consciousness. It’s a common pitfall to this journey…one that ego uses to trip us up and keep us bound to it.

Instead of moving deeper into alignment with peace, ego pulls us back into conflict through its judgment of others who are still acting out of their own unconsciousness. Pretty tricky, right?

I remember getting so frustrated with a friend of mine when I first started to become conscious of my choices and she wasn’t conscious of hers. I just wanted to shake her and make her aware of how she was acting. But that does no good.

Everyone has their own path, in its own timing. Our job is to have compassion for where someone is in their journey, not to judge where they are. This is key to not becoming stuck at this stage in the journey.

We become stuck in ego when we only focus our energy and attention on when and how someone has “missed the mark”. This can be an indulgent habit, if we’re not mindful.

I’ve noticed, in my own journey, that I tend to do this to people who I expect to be further down the path than their current behavior is showing them to be. Then, I attempt to justify my judgment through my expectation of where I believe they should be. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end here!

Ego follows up this line of thinking with a nice cherry on top by leading me to feel superior for where I am in my journey as compared to this person! Super loving of me, huh?!?

Superiority leaves no room for love. It has a selfish motive that is only interested in preserving itself through being thought of as better than someone else, which is why it orients itself on finding faults in others.

­To advance in our journey, we must learn to focus all of our energy and attention on the goodness, or love and light, in others.

When someone is acting from a place of unconsciousness, we can divert our inclination to see where they “missed the mark” by teaching ourselves to have compassion for their unconsciousness and remembering that it’s just where they currently are in their journey.

When we cultivate our ability to focus on the love and light in others, we expand our capacity to be used as an instrument to help draw others onto their own truth. This is how we become true messengers of love.

All of this becomes a process in increasing our conscious awareness…

Since our level of consciousness creates the perception by which we view and experience the world, whatever we assign to the outside world actually serves as a mirror of our own inner state of consciousness.

Had I understood this truth when I first became frustrated with my friend, early in my journey, I could have used my judgment of her unconsciousness to note the unconsciousness that still existed in me.

When we begin to see our perception as a mirror for our own inner state of consciousness, we can begin to use how we relate to the world around us as a way in which to bring our own unconsciousness to light.

This allows us to break one of ego’s nastiest habits: the inclination to blame outwardly as a way of justifying our emotional state.

The thought, “I’m frustrated because my friend isn’t making conscious choices” is one such example.

Taking ownership of how you respond and relate to the world around you is essential to moving forward in this journey. Until you can take personal ownership of your inner state of consciousness, you’ll continue to be run by ego.

Once you begin to take personal responsibility for your thoughts, emotions, and actions, you’re in a position to begin raising your level of consciousness. As you do this, what you extend and reflect back (i.e. your perception) begins to change.

Instead of focusing on when someone “misses the mark”, you begin to see what they’re doing right…this is a reflection of moving into alignment with love.

When we dedicate ourselves to cultivating love, we cannot help but begin to see the goodness in others…this occurs as a natural reflection of our own inner state of consciousness.

The more we commit to focusing our energy and attention on love, the more it is reflected back to us through the way in which we relate to the world around us.

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Each moment that we’re able to live from our soul, we leave a lasting impression of love in the wake of our presence.  Together, we can help heal the world by simply being loving.

Peace, Love, & Joy,

Shanna