Growing in Awareness

To grow in awareness, we must constantly examine our feelings in the light of our consciousness. We must allow the pain, emotions, and feelings to teach us and guide us to ever new revelations of who we are, what we are avoiding, and most importantly, the way to move beyond our resistance to surrendering.

The mind and ego provide a resistance to awakening and awareness. The unconscious looms as an unknown territory of often scary thoughts and emotions that block our freedom in awareness.

It is the purpose of the inner teacher and awareness to reveal our true inner nature in light and help us to understand the purpose of the ego and the unconscious while not avoiding or punishing them.

The ego is the medium through we can express our individuality without losing our awareness of what is real and true. The ego can act as a conduit, or a messenger, of what is true, but it can never take credit for them. The ego must always remain transparent to the truth, it can never assume it is the truth.