How do you experience your true self? Learn what it means to to find your inner essence through self-transformation. You can listen to the WROAR Radio broadcast of “The Secret of Self-Empowerment” with co-hosts JK and Deeone below.
The Secret of Self-Empowerment
What we all want to experience, above all else, is our true selves. And, we can only experience this inner essence through self-transformation. And further, the process of self-transformation gives us the ultimate gift of self-empowerment.
The secret is out. There you have it. If you wish to empower yourself to the fullest, you must transform yourself – you must let go of the false version of self that has been controlling your attitude and action so that the authentic you can shine through.
Student: Will self-transformation change things?
Teacher: Self-transformation puts you back in touch with the original self – this empowers you … and this changes everything.
Your words, your elevated abstractions, your dreams, your lofty ambitions amount to little or nothing until they spring forth from your inner essence – from the marvelously made part of you that is destined to win at whatever you set your mind to.
Sweet nectar
Sweet nectar contains water and sweet flavor, but if you simply add sweetener to water you do not get sweet nectar; there’s an essence to sweet nectar that will be missing. What does this have to do with you? You cannot experience the truth of your unlimited nature by adding positive thoughts and positive action-habits to your false version of self (the false you that you created in reaction to 60,000 NO’s between age two and six). The essence is missing – the authentic you! You can only experience this essence through self-transformation.
What to do to experience the essential you:
- Yearn to reveal the truth about yourself to yourself above all else. Yearn to unite all of the parts of you that are true (the creative you, the talented you, the genius you, the incredibly powerful you). Inner unity will give you the power you need to achieve your dreams outwardly in the world.
- Stop picking on yourself. Reveal to yourself what you do not like about yourself, but don’t use this information to brutalize your attitude. The truth is this: all that you do not like about yourself does not really exist, and if you stop picking on yourself about those negative characteristics that bother you – soon they will cease to exist.
- Accept the truth. Behind the terrible notions that you hold as true about you lies the incredible truth – you are a rich and majestic child of infinite intelligence. How great is that! It is easy to empower yourself when you face the terrible notions that you hold as true about you with the intent of calling an MD – Marvelously Deny those lies. You experience self-transformation by facing hell, looking directly at what you don’t like about yourself, knowing it shall lead you to the heavenly state of authenticity – the unlimited you!
- You correct your blunders in the world when you stop acting from that false version of yourself – the self that you created yourself to be in childhood moments of fear and pain (the self that feels inadequate and unworthy).
Stop holding your hopes like they are weak dreams. Dare to exhaust your hopes by acting on them as though it is inevitable that they shall come true. Start now! The quicker you take action, the sooner you break free of the enslavement of anxiety. Take a baby step forward today. You don’t hope for your next breath of fresh air – you simply breathe in and breathe out. Make your action-steps this simple.- Don’t take mental side trips down a road filled with potholes. Let go of regrets, let go of popular opinions that insist you don’t have what it takes to be a millionaire, you don’t have what it takes to start a successful business, you don’t have what it takes to be an accomplished musician or a book author. Never mind what the world may say – do what it takes to transform your hopes into convictions. This is a big part of the secret passage to self-empowerment.
- Remember that there are no straight lines in life. Your success will be full of Oopses - just as the master sailor progresses into the wind by setting his sail in the right and perfect direction (oopse), in the right and perfect direction (oopse), in the right and perfect direction (oopse). You must be willing to continually course-correct just like that master sailor is doing.
Student: What is the principle purpose of self-transformation?
Teacher: The principle purpose is to empower oneself with the truth of one’s limitlessness.
Student: And what is the main reason for doing this?
Teacher: In the words of Baruch Spinoza: “To know exactly our own nature.” Because when you know exactly your own nature, all of your important hopes and dreams become convictions that are supported with incredible power.
Please do not think you have absorbed the incredible lessons available in this blog with but one reading. Might I suggest you read it again, and once again. When you take the time to absorb all of it – you give yourself a new heartfelt attitude … and a new spirit rises up from deep within you.
What do you have to say? Please share your thoughts. Don’t go away and just take the pearls of wisdom offered in the blog – offer a comment or two.
Thank you, and Blessings
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One thing I’ve been getting better and better at is to stop picking on myself. When I beat myself up it just makes things worse and worse and the inevitably I start picking on everyone else around me. I’ve become considerably more agitated in my old age and security and I still cant figure what that is all about. A negative vortex takes shape around me when I start picking on myself. when I can stop that nonsense I am able to look at my own life. To me these are the little things that add up to a big transformation. I’ve tried to catch this habit in my kids. My daughters must have picked up the workaholic trait from me because they are the type that beat them selves up after striking out in a softball or getting a B- in sociology. l. I’ve been trying to catch that them and letting them know its OK. There was a time where I thought it was a good thing that they were passionate and driven, but sometimes they’re is a fine line between doing whats good for our progress and what just keeps us beaten down by life. For myself, I want to be honest and hold myself accountable, but I’m still learning to be a good dad to myself. I can tell my daughters “you’ll get ‘em next time kiddo” but it is the hardest thing for me to hear myself.
Hi Georgie. ‘Learning to be a good dad to yourself’ … that’s a good one! Good works always flow from an enlightened self, and being a good dad (so you raise yourself properly) brings enlightenment. When you are enlightened, Georgie, you lighten up (something you can use more of – right?). Thank you
Good day Rob,
This week’s episode of WROAR and the blog post you’ve shared with us, offers me an explanation of the many truths that have began to reveal themselves to me lately. I believe I have tapped into my inner essence, but I’ve only begun to scratch the surface of my elevated abstractions, my dreams, and my lofty ambitions and aspirations. While I believe I’ve made a great transformation, discovering my true self thus far – I know that there is still so, so, so much more that I yearn to uncover. There is SO MUCH that I yearn to uncover, because I now know that there is so much more there to uncover. There is no doubt in my mind anymore, that I am a rich and majestic child of infinite intelligence – if anything I desire to be even better at tuning the inner power within me to better prepare myself for all of the amazing things that’s in store for me – that I can now see overtaking me.
What WROAR and Mind Adventure has done for me can be liken to that of a child standing in the kitchen against a wall being measured by his mother of the growth spurts that’s occurred each day. Every single Thursday, I am stretching my limits to grow – to transform what used to be, to what now is. Every Thursday, you are taking that magic marker and marking another week’s where I have grown and matured. I’m taller than I’ve ever been… and no I’m not talking about my 6’1″ frame – I’m talking about my inner height, that’s allowing me to stand up taller with more confidence, more freedom to loose the chains of my false self.
If I could tell you, Jk, and all the other listeners and readers, every thing that I’ve been through from the time I was born, until now, I don’t think I would be able to get through it without breaking down to tears – and it wouldn’t be tears of sorry of all the things that I’ve endured – it would be tears of joy that I made it through it, and have begun seeing how it all fits for this very moment in my life.
As I said last night – well, sort of – I spent most of my life, looking at that one piece of the puzzle, wondering why that piece was even allowed to be a part of my story. Yet, on today, I not only know why it was allowed, but I also see the beautiful full image all the pieces have come together to make, that’s me.
I cannot thank you enough, my dearest friend, even as I type this comment my eyes are getting full just thinking about the awesomeness that my life is about to undertake. This journey hasn’t been an easy one for me, by far; but it’s beginning to show me that it will definitely be worth it. My sincerest gratitude to you Mr. Rob White. You, my friend, have done wonders on this man from the countryside of North Carolina – and this is just the beginning for me. I’m aiming for every pothole now. Because I know that each one has its purpose in my life. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Many blessings to you, Sir.
Hi Deeone. We lose at life when yesterday competes with today, and today loses. I am seeing you more and more simply dropping yesterday, and just living today to the fullest. This is the secret to your newest successes. This is apparent in all of your comments. Thank you for being an example of what all of us need to do more of. Blessings
I loved the part in Rob’s story where the question is asked,”Are you ready now, Rob?” That seems to be the critical juncture. That pause. Many people fail to hear the question. Or they hear it but go on with their 1,000 ideas, failing to allow the solution to come through the process of surrender. Surrendering is tough stuff. It sounds easy, until you reach that moment and realize you have to do it! It takes some kind of bravery to let that be okay, with certain knowledge that as uncomfortable as it may feel, surrendering brings the answer. I also really appreciated the acknowledgement that we can and will fail and make many oopses along the way, but to never allow that to discourage us as we should instead be expecting that to happen sometimes. Just showing up and being willing to work at it again with the right attitude is so important. The honey example is powerful – I kept thinking,”You are not a bee!” Learning who you really are, the authentic you, takes time, patience, a willingness to suspend disbelief, and to surrender.
hi Juli. You delight in the ‘are you ready now’ phase of life because you are entering that phase, aren’t you. The one way to change your life amazingly is to understand what it really means to be ‘ready now’. Your comments clearly show that you are ready now. Blessings
I found my own best example of self transformation in your suggestion 2 weeks ago to be my own coach. In the past I would run to the phone or computer to tell my story and get anothers opinion. My life ran as an uneasy consensus of other peoples opinions. How silly!! It is interesting to think of what would Jesus do or some other hero but therein lies the dilemma. Someone else’s answer. When I sat with my question and said “what would I do” I found the answer clear, comfortable and amazingly simple. And I was happy with myself.
To your co hosts I would like to say that I have found the most difficult place to find me is around my family. I found my own space was needed to detach so I could come back into the tribe without the resentment and filled with love. The more I love me the more I can really love them.
Hi sylvia. Being your own coach is a big one for you. Being your own coach means you have to face the things you don’t want to face. Being your own coach is practicing the magic of daily personal awareness. Your practice is showing in your comments! Thank you
“You are a rich and majestic child of infinite intelligence.” I applaud you and admire you Rob for facing truth and telling truth as it really is. Seems to me we have played the role of a poor downtrodden, messed-up people long enough and it is high time to say no, that is not true. I really am this ‘majestic child’ of whom you speak. My true nature is divine, eternal, and has no flaws.
It’s great to be with you and your readers in this great adventure of revealing ourselves as we actually are.
Hi Chris. I love what you are doing on paper with your mind! Love your book. Once a person sees what is right, he liberates himself from the hounding pain of what is wrong, doesn’t he Chris. this is an underlying message I find in your text. Blessings
Hi Rob — I like what you say here about yearning to know yourself being the #1 catalyst of transformation — over the years, in seeking my own transformation, I have begun to follow my yearning wherever it leads me, as opposed to thinking one method (meditation, certain forms of workshops, etc.) is “the way” to get what I want, and that has felt much healthier to me.
Thank you Chris for your wisdom. By abandoning our ideas of how the river of life should flow, we flow with it, easily and untroubled, don’t we, Chris. Thus is the results of self-transformation – it is the end of emotional agitation. Blessings
Thanks for the boost Rob. If there is one thing you woke me up to it is that I am a man of integrity. It’s nice to hear and I have a hard time keeping that in perspectvive but it is something I’m proud of. I’ve got to keep that in mind next I’m feeling guilty about this or that. Reframing those guilty signals so they support me is huge. The bottom line is I really do care and that’s not a bad thing. There are plenty of people out there in world who just don’t care and are looking for shortcuts in life. I’m not one of those and it is beneath me to really go down that road. If anything I can stand to loosen up a bit and take point #2 more to heart. I need to just stop picking on myself and trust that I am conducting my life with integrity first and foremost.
Hi Roger. You have come a long way. You have learned that is is not only possible, but also necessary to be yourself. This is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Thank yourself for that gift, Roger. Blessings
Very interesting blog post and as you have suggested, I must read it over and over again, to get the most out of this post.
It is worth, spending time with our OWN self and identifying our strengths and weaknesses. As you mentioned-Not to beat about our weakness, but Acknowledge, become AWARE and ALLOW Infinite Intelligence to help us replace our weakness with more strengths. Awareness and Allowing are the Key words.Thanks Rob!
hi Lalitha. Allowing and Awareness are the keys to happiness and mental clarity. When we are on lower levels of understanding, we cannot see this. You have seen the light, Lalitha. It is so brilliant and bright that it warms the heart, doesn’t it. Blessings
Hi All, Hearing your response to Roger was a nice wake up for me. I’ve got to learn to get tougher with myself and am too quick to pat myself on the back. I can shrug stuff off and say oh well I’m just doing my best, when deep down I know I have more to give but just dont feel like doing the work. I was always daddy’s little girl but I can’t let that mindset sink in when i’m trying to advance my career. I’ve been too easy on myself and like how Roger tries so hard. Like Deeone the world is testing me lately. I feel like things have been static. I’ve got all these puzzle pieces that don’t seem to fit anywhere and things just seem to stay the same. I’ve got to take a tip from Deeone and start seeing how these pieces of the puzzle can lead me to a transformation.
Hi Kara. When life is testing you, you can make war and create chaos or you can relieve the inner pressure and create a marvelous future. If it is to be, it is up to thee, isn’t it Kara. With the right choice, griefs vanish in an instant. Blessings
Hi Rob. I like that. There is big big difference between sweet nectar and artificial sweetner. The fake stuff is just a quick fix that I use when I just feel like I need to get through the day. Thats all those positive affirmations and you can do it rah rah pep talk stuff. I admit, sometimes that is all I’m looking for. The days can be long and life can be hard, and I think we all need to have a few tricks up our sleeve to keep our heads up until we muddle through. But like you say, we can’t confuse that with the real work of self-transformation. As long as I am aware of the difference I think I’ll be just fine. I’m not giving up my affirmations, I’m just going to be more aware of how I use them.
Hi Carol. Being aware of how you use your affirmations and how they are affecting your mood is an excellent idea. You can live always in a beautiful psychological environment if you make it your mission to do that … right, Carol? Thank you
Hey brother man. I’m with you on this topic. If there is one area of my life where I feel like I know what I’m doing it is in my inner world. I’ve been sticking to the principles of self-transformation and feel like I am on the right path. I can feel it really changing. I used to look out at my life and feel a sense of panic and agitation. It’s like I was trying to be cool and detached but underneath it wasn’t real. I was just pasting together all these shallow traits and sayings thinking I was evolving. It’s a different story today. I’m much more at peace with who I am and where I’m going. I’m becoming much more comfortable with my own true nature and it feels better and better everyday. It has everything to do with getting real about having balance. I like to think I’m a crazy buddah who can be a calming, peaceful gift to everyone and still be able to pay my bills on time.
Hi Rus. Being oneself and ‘being real about having balance’ certainly go hand in hand. You are under no compulsion to accept anything less than that. This is what you have discovered, isn’t it. Thank you.
Hi Rob, I’m taking all this Self-Transformation talk very seriously in my life. I’ve really begun to notice when I am going through the motions and when I am really in tune with my creativity. Now that I am paying so much attention I’m seeing all kinds of little ways that I am not realizing my full potential. I used to think it was OK to be nonchalant about practice. I figured as long as I’m in there practicing it counts for something even if my head and heart arent in it that particular day. I’m just not willing to accept half-ass practice and song writing sessions anymore. It’s the difference between having a weak dream that I’m just hoping for vs. manifesting my own destiny. It really is all up to me and I can’t afford to waste any more time and energy piddling around. I was reminded of a weight lifting book I read by Arnold Shwarzengar of all people. In it he basically said that one really mindful and focused “pump” was worth more that a whole set of listless, thoughtless “pumps”. That’s how I’m approaching every practice session from now on. Id rather have fifteen really intense minutes of creativity than an hour of piddling around with a distracted mind.
Hi john. Courage and confidence – this is where most folks fail when it comes to that one really mindful and focused “pump” that is needed to make a transformational difference in their lives. You are noticing that! WOW!! Thank you.
Hi Rob,
Excellent post my friend as always. All of the steps you mentioned are very crucial to transform ourselves. The more we work on our mentality and our inner world, the faster we will accomplish our goals. If we create a “virtual world” and stay living there for a while, then we begin to notice the changes in our lives. Acting as if it is already true helps to program our subconscious mind with what we want. The only problem for many (including me) is to stay living in that virtual world for a long time. For me personally, I like to take around 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night and “feel” what I want to accomplish through visulization and working on my mental implants. By the way, this might not be a direct response to this week’s post, but I was thinking the other day about the concept “taking action.” For many years I thought that:
Taking action = struggle, hard work, stress, and anxiety
I have come to realize that “taking action” to achieve our goals doesn’t have to be stressful or full of struggle. It can be fun and easy. If our inner world is fixed, then taking inspired action should be easy.
Thanks for sharing my friend
hi Dia. your responses are showing more depth these days. Real courage is to enter into one’s despair – to no longer avoid it – in order to understand it and end it. Keep it up with your money challenges, and a breakthrough will come to you. YES, to you, Dia. Thank you
Hi Robert. No straight lines in life indeed! I feel like you are baiting me with your sailing metaphor in #7 ha ha. I’ll bite! My life has been defined by oopses and course corrections in many ways beyond my life on the sea. When I was a young man all these different directions were a pleasant surprise. I didn’t have much focus so I always kind of welcomed a good oopse and a change of direction. In that way my self-transformation is more nomadic. Like I said before self-help and self-improvement talk never interested me at all. I’m a big picture, big adventure type guy and abhor the thought of being penned in by self imposed, arbitrary rules. To me it seems self -transformation is the most natural thing there is. I think people have a tendency to make a balls of it by trying too hard. When I look out at the ocean I see that the best most enjoyable course is dictated by the wind and the waves. There is a naturalness to it. When we try to go up weather we are in for a bumpy ride. I’m all done forcing things. When I do that I find my transformations come free and easy and arrive like an unexpected pleasure.
hi Salty. We fail to see our own fakery when it is enormous. Do you remember those days? Clearly you have passed through that stormy weather in your life, and peaceful days of flowing with the ocean waves are more and more common to you, aren’t they. that’s what I hear you saying. Thank you.
I enjoyed reading this right now – in the present moment. I seem to be having another fear bubbling up…I have been working on my sense of unworthiness that I was born with and was reinforced by my childhood experiences. But now something else is brewing and I can not see it well. I do not seem to be able to visualize my next efforts. Random thoughts keep coming up…like my desire to build a LIVING BUILDING – with a great view and live in it. My grant writing efforts are not working, so I got the name of another grant writer and a real estate agent to understand new directions I might find success. Then I think I should put my efforts into helping the parents do a radical takeover of a local public school in deep trouble and turn it around to be better than the private schools…kind of like Bill Gates work in my community. I am not finding anyone else to work on the ideas – folks are feeling so defeated in this election cycle it is more like trying to paddle up a waterfall. I keep trying but feel like more false starts….then I do not take care of myself and wonder what is wrong with me?
I then say to myself Einstein’s words…”Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds” I feel better but the work does not get accomplished.
Now going back to figuring out the fear and letting go so I can begin again. Thanks for the highlight with my comment – that was fun to discover
Hi Patricia. What are the signs of a dawning of a new life for Patricia? You drop the need to explain yourself. You have no compulsive urge to prove yourself right. How are you doing with that? Better at times? It’s such a challenge – I know! Thank you for your honesty. blessings
Hi Rob. I don’t really know what self-tranformation means for me lately. I thought I had some ideas but I just never really got passionate about them. I have to say I’m not so inspired lately. I’ve got a little bit of comfort zone thing going on. I feel like over the last year I’ve wasted so much time and energy trying to improve myself that I’m a bit burned out. I think what I’m seeing is there is an authentic part of me that feels content and knows that in the big picture my life is on target. I want to learn to trust that there is a part of me that is operating at a higher level and just relax and let him run the show for a while. Lately, I’m just tired. It’s like i want to go into a deep siddhartha om sleep and come out refreshed and restored to myself. My self-improvement fiascos have me all tangled up and confused. I’ve been so prone to road-trippn down that road filled with mental potholes. I just want to fly over all that BS and forget about my so called “life” and just be the authentic me that has peaceful, contented yet laser like focus.
Hi Alan. You’ve shared what you want very clearly in this comment. You fear that you may go wrong. You never go wrong by questioning your present beliefs about yourself and life, Alan. This is something you are daring to do more of these days. Thank you for growing. Blessings
I can relate to the ‘sweet nectar’ analogy. I used to have a serious Diet Coke habit. That stuff is toxic! No matter how much of it I drank I was never satisfied and ready for the next one. It was to a point where I thought I needed it just to get through the day. I finally kicked that habit when i made up my mind to just go for the holistic approach. As it turned out the Sweet Nectar I was missing in life was a good night sleep and healthier eating habits. The craving for the fake stuff went away the more I tuned into my body and what it really wanted. Well, its the same thing when we make habits that hurt us or habits that help us reach our unrealized potential. The more focused I am on positive things, the more I do things that support that vision. It’s funny but its much more natural and much easier to be healthy than it is to be self-sabotaging. Yet, I still fall into it, knowing darn well I’m hurting myself. I wonder why I still cause so much pain for myself, knowing full well that I am the source energy. Changing the behavior is still very hard no matter how clearly I see the truth of the matter.
Hi Joan. Your description of your life-journey is a consequence of your voluntary detection and rejection of everything that is unnatural to you. You have proven that you are awake and aware of what needs abandonment, and the sunny side of the mountaintop is within your reach. I like your style. Thank you
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Yo meng ever since your started on this “transformation” talk its been blowin up my world. FORTY Four-reaaal SON! I dont believe in divine interventions and all that SHIZ but its like G O single D… GOD is telling me to wake the F UP. Yo,U know I been writin my own book and I been goin at it like a Magic MANIAC. BUT I gots to admit its been a real kizik in my BIzalls!!1 HAHHA !!! I feel like Im goin out my MIND. The thoughts just keep coming and just keep typin and I cant tell where i started and where I began and have not IDEA if said something once, twice, three times or NOTATALLL. For almost maybe the first time in my life I get a little scared I took on something I cant win at or just cant stratight up do it! Like how am I sposed to tell dudes they do whatever they want and pick up any girl if thye justget their heads straight?!?!? When I cant get my head straight to write a simple book> Maybe I aaint cut out for the fine-writin part (you NO my writin here boggles the mind) but I got to harness this shiz in a book! It’s like taming a wild horse, mixed with a wild wolverine who hasn’t seen a lady 9 years! Yo check it. So after reading this shiz GOD (or whatev) is sayn “man you jus got to step up cuz I’ve given you WAYYYYY TOOO MUCH…. I mean look at you… tall, dark handsome and hung like an Italian stalion wild horse mixed with the greek god of GETTN it on!” HAhAHAHAHAH 
Yo… but for real from steps 1-7 here I’m feelin it HARD…> Like a short mans hangover on whiskey who been drinkin water his whole life. #1 IM UNITIn BABy and it hurtz ..#2 Pickin on myself?? See above! #3 The truth?? God told me the truth (see above SON!!!) #4 Im done with the MAGIC act of hookn up and bein AWEsome 24/7. #5 Am I dreamin or Gettin down to it? OUchhhh! #6 YO… my whole last week has been ghetto pot holes Oakland style!! #7DANG. No straight lines… for the first time EVAH Im feeling challenged… everything else has been a straight shot like success like a KEvin Durant, Lebron James LOVE super sperm love child…. YO that it IM OUTYY 50000. Check yall on ROAR. Get up in that YEAH!
Hi Magic. You are out there with this comment. Imagine an actor who feels weary of playing a well-rehearsed role, so he gives up the theater to live his natural life – this is what I believe is happening to you. Watch out! Blessings.
Rob, when you make these suggestions I kind of feel like I already knew that. I do think I am very in touch with the authentic me, but the world is so whacked that everybody else is so busy putting on a front that they have no interest in the real me. Part of my anger stems from the fact that world is so full of phonies that no matter how real and authentic I am it just goes over peoples heads. A job search is a perfect example. No one interviewing me really cares about my true dreams. They just want me to toe the line and tell them what they want to hear. Of course i have to play that game because it is simply a matter of survival. People just want to see and hear what they choose to see and hear. For people who are just trying to make a living we have no choice but to fall in line. I have some relief knowing that that isnt the real me and I know what I’m doing. The problem is its a lonely existence. I totally get what Spinoza is saying here, I know I know my true nature, but I feel like an outcast among a world of phonies.
Hi Ramone. Your feeling of alienation will fade as you attract more authentic-acting folks into your psychic space (which will happen!). Self-realness comes when we drop self-fakery, and indeed, Ramone, the world is filled with people caught up in self-fakery. You are advancing nicely! Thank you
Hello Rob,
I took your advice on this one and read this blog post several times (as I do often). In each of my reads: “Don’t take mental side trips down a road filled with potholes (#6)” stood out to me as a place where I’ve found a supply of self-empowerment.
I used to accept a lot of popular opinions because I thought they were the truth. At one time in my life, I didn’t think I would be alive and thriving outside of my teenage years. I grew up hearing about the statistics of my peers that grew up in places similar to where I grew up, not to mention I saw those very statistics prove correct with my own eyes.
I believe my escape from this, was my adaption of a more practical attitude; based on personal accountability. I believed that my actions were the precursor to my results. If I put myself in positions to attract more bad…then I would…and vice versa.
I call upon this mental-transformational-experience as a resource because it reminds me that I have power if I choose to use it. Sure I can’t control it all…but I CAN control my own thoughts and actions. Those thoughts and actions will control what is within my control – which can be either productive or non-productive. I always think productive, but I don’t always act accordingly…and when my actions aren’t in sync with thoughts…things get hairy…quickly!
Thank you for this incredible lesson, Rob. Can’t wait for tonight’s show!
Hi Jk. I enjoyed how alert you are to what’s going on inside of you. It is apparent in your comments, and it was apparent in the blog talk-show radio broadcast we did together tonight. Your life brightens as you succeed with training your mind – that’s what I hear you saying, Jk. I like that. Thank you.
Hi Rob,
I agree that the only way to empower ourselves to the fullest is to transform ourselves. We have to let go of all the habits and actions that have not been working to allow our authentic selves to shine through. When we are our authentic selves and have achieved harmony within, it will be easier for us to achieve what we set out to do. That said, you have put together 7 great steps to help us experience our essential selves. Here are the thoughts that crossed my mind as I read through them.
2. Stop picking on yourself.
If there are parts about ourselves that we do not like for whatever reason, we should try our best to understand the reasons behind it. With understanding comes compassion and a reduction in resistance. When we pick on ourselves we divide our energy to use it against ourselves which is hardly efficient or productive. But once we understand why our negative characteristics bother us, it becomes easier for us to let go and accept ourselves fully.
5. Stop holding your hoeps like they are weak dreams.
Powerful insight. We need to boldly go forth with our hopes to make our dreams a reality. The sooner we do so and fail, the sooner we will succeed. We have to keep pressing forward, learning what works and what does not until we achieve our goals. There is no other way to live. The road will not be easy and there are times we may falter, but if we keep on learning and going forward, we will have no regrets that we did.
Thank you for sharing this lovely article!
Irving the Vizier
Hi Irving. I like your comment. When we break esoteric laws we break our spirit upon them, don’t we. When we follow esoteric laws, we transform ourselves, and our spirit soars. You’ve got it right. I like the two steps you point our here. Let the truth supply the level of success that we want to experience, and we will not be denied. Why? Because with the truth we empower ourselves. It is clear that you know this. Thank you