Just the five of us today but all left smiling so they must have enjoyed the short video of Dr Wayne Dyer author of Inspiration Your ultimate Calling and his talk about the falseness of the ego based on possessions, achievements and reputation.
We then read a paper on Personal Development, Spiritual Growth
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein
Awakening Consciousness
When I take a look at our society as a whole and think about the stage of evolution that we are at, it amazes me how many problems still exist on earth. We have advanced tremendously in technology and commerce but one thing we have neglected to advance is the world's consciousness, the ability to be awake in the world.
Any problems we have, come from a lack of awareness. If our politicians were really conscious there would be no question about right and wrong, they would be able to make the right decision. In pure awareness there is no dark only light. In fact if everyone was really awake and conscious the role of government would be very limited, because people would not depend on someone else to lead them.
We live in the age of information, but even with all the knowledge of the world at our fingertips what good does it really do us if we are not conscious and awake. The problem is that knowledge essentially binds us, the more knowledge a person gains the more asleep that he becomes. The more knowledge he gains the more entrenched his mind becomes in a certain way of thinking. He may think he is thinking outside of the box, it's the same box; he just makes it look different.
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."- Albert Einstein
Just really take a good look at the world around you; you will realize that most of the population is operating from a level where they are asleep. Today's society has become extremely efficient at doing things with little to no awareness, we just run on auto pilot. Once you realize how much you really are operating on auto pilot in your day to day life, you will be able to search for ways to become more aware.
