SELF-REFLECTION NEWSLETTER
Why do you do the things you do?
Dear Friends,
WELCOME!
This is our first newsletter coming out of our spiritual online resource, Awakening 101. In each newsletter we will have a brief discussion about each of the tools and elements of Awakening 101. The tools and elements are conduits in the awakening process. They are simply here to guide and to shape your journey ahead illustrating in a linear way what is often hard to describe.
We hope you find something here that sparks insight or gives you guidance into simple ways to create greater awareness and self-knowing in your day to day life.
Self- Reflection as one of the first tools that shifted my perspective and began my transformation. It wasn’t until I began to ask: “Why am I like this? Why do I react so strongly to certain things? Why is this always triggering me?” That was when I was able to shift and change. It was the beginning. And it began with this simple tool, and this simple awareness.
The practice of self-reflection is an essential stepping-stone on the spiritual path without which a glass ceiling appears and blocks us from moving forward. In this newsletter, we focus on self-reflection, one of the invaluable tools on any Awakening journey.
SELF-REFLECTION
Finding the courage to delve into and dissect our own neurosis, character defects, and the unconscious roles we play in life.
People’s spiritual journeys often start with some sort of self-reflection process. For me it was Alcoholics Anonymous, specifically the 12 steps of AA. For many it can be therapy or a crisis that suddenly changes their perspective on life. For others, it can be the conviction that the status quo is not enough and that they need to keep searching. This type of inquiry is the beginning of self-awareness and change. If there is no questioning, we cannot transform.
The Blog Healing Subconscious Patterns, describes more in detail the steps I took to discover my own patterns, to try to solve why I felt the way I felt and why I did the things I did. Several tools and processes gave me an opportunity to look at myself and to discover who I really was, and later on would the way I perceived myself and the world around me.
For me, it was so important to find answers because I didn’t like who I was. The drive to change and to be different in life was very strong within me. It always was.
I urge you to begin by asking yourself WHY you do the things that you do.
Mission
“It’s been my mission to inspire conversation about awakening, and to aid individuals in their search for their inner Self. “
My hope is that you will find something on Awakening 101 that will shift your perspective and bring forth insight into your own spiritual self; guiding you further along your journey.
Each one of us has a different spiritual palette. I invite you to find what works for you.
"The reason people awaken is because they have finally stopped agreeing to things that insult their soul." - Unknown
Featured Book
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron
“When Things Fall Apart” was one of the first spiritual books I read in recovery. It was a surprise to me that “when things fall apart” things can still be ok. The world doesn’t end when the going gets tough, and there is in fact a light at the end of the tunnel, even if I could not see it.
When I was at my worst, I was a mess in every way possible, in my relationships, emotionally and financially. There was no light… That is why I found “When things fall apart” so comforting. Pema presented her message so simply. As it is with Buddhism, the message was simple and practical, and gave me hope.
