Self-Mastery – Diving Into The Eye Of The Storm (Part 1)

In order to mold your potential into form and achieve success, you need energy. However, your energy level, unfortunately, does not come from an infinite source. You need to be able to preserve your reservoir of energy so that you can channel it at the opportune time to achieve success. How? Through Self-Mastery.

If your thoughts and emotions are not in sync, then the reality you are currently experiencing (i.e., reacting to) will cause strife and drain your energy levels. You want to avoid that, and always strive to be on your “A-Game”. You do this by turning within, and aligning your thoughts and emotions to create a grounded, more positive reality. Cultivating an inner reflection, an inner observance, as Jonathan Budd pointed out, is the true battle of success.

The ability to observe one’s self, to look at what is going on inside, is a common trait that the warrior, those individuals who never give up in the battle of success, has. These individuals are cognizant of the fact that thoughts, emotions and behaviors are all forms of energy, and when you think, feel or perform an action, you are using energy. We usually are not aware of how we spend our energy, or how our thoughts, emotions and reactions to an event can affect our energy level. On the other hand, warriors are very sensitive to such factors, and are keenly aware that physically, we are finite beings with finite levels of energy, and thus, are careful on how they expend their energy. They cultivate an inner awareness to the event or situation, and through this process, they create more energy for themselves.

The results you are experiencing in various aspects of your life are a reflection of your inner awareness. Having a very low to no inner awareness means, bluntly, that that you are clueless of your actions and how it affects you and the outside world. It may be the cause of your difficulties in your life, and you need to become aware of what it is. When you are in a state of low to no inner awareness, you may, for example, ingest harmful substances into your body and mind, and thus, experience physical health problems and sabotage your ability to succeed. Likewise, negative beliefs, thoughts and attitudes pollute your mind and prevent you from achieving what you want. It would be impossible to change anything in your life unless you become aware of what is causing the non-productive, negative consequence (e.g., anger, worry, etc.).

When you realize what problems you actually create for yourself, you need to take action and make the necessary changes. In other words, cultivating your inner awareness will prevent potential, needless struggles in your life and increase your ability to improve your life. It will help you preserve and increase your energy level, and better position yourself to success.

So what is this inner awareness?

Inner awareness is simply, understanding why you do what you do.

Next time, I will discuss how to grow and cultivate your inner awareness.

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