Have you ever contemplated who you THINK you are…compared to who you REALLY are?

It is a wonderful question, really, because it can stop you in your tracks.

Who do you think you are?

Most of us put a great deal of faith in a self-image that is based upon our thoughts, but—as you’ve no doubt heard Tommy & David say in previous episodes (maybe to your own consternation!)—we are not our thoughts! Philosopher Rene Descartes is credited with saying

I think, therefore I am.

But David & Tommy believe Descartes got it backwards. It seems more accurate to declare

I am, therefore I think.

While you are not your thoughts, you most definitely are the creator of your thoughts, and this means you have to take responsibility. Furthermore, we know that thoughts are imbued with a great deal of creative power, so you can use your thoughts to manifest pretty much anything you want in your world—including a bigger, more enlightened, improved version of yourself. Pretty awesome, right?

Here’s the challenge: while we are busy thinking, we tend to disconnect from the powerful but quiet voice of our inner authority. And if we let ourselves get too caught up in our thinking, then we can even forget about the very existence of that voice. Tommy & David want to help correct that, and this week they’ve planned a kind of jailbreak. What kind of jailbreak, you ask? Well, that’s one of the things that’s fun about Life Mastery TV—most episodes contain all kinds of surprises…so, you’ll just have to join the presentation to find out!

Enjoy the video, and please leave a comment below!

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Are you aware that you are the Awareness that is aware of everything?

This is not a trite question! On the contrary, it is a very deep question, and you might find it a little confusing at first. But just read that one more time:

Are you aware that you are the Awareness that is aware of everything?

The very fact that someone can conceive of such a question—and that YOU can contemplate it—speaks volumes about the nature of Human Beings. We are very special creatures…far, far greater and expansive than we can ever imagine. And Awareness—what some might call Supreme Consciousness—is present within and available to every single one of us.

As children, we tend to be pretty literal in our interpretations of things, and so we come to believe that everything has a specific meaning. And by the time we have learned to think and reason more abstractly, many of our beliefs have become so fixed in our minds that we have a hard time staying open to new points of view. We find ourselves agreeing with the meanings that we have accepted—or, more accurately, created—and our awareness becomes myopically focused on the objects of our attention. The narrower and more specific our meanings become, the more the world appears to be small and empty of possibility and opportunity. And thus we begin to experience more fear.

How do you become aware of this? What brings your attention to this issue in the first place? Ultimately, the answer lies in recognizing your own dissatisfaction with your life. When you begin to realize that your life is not shaping up as you dreamed it would, then it is quite natural to begin asking questions. And questions really are the first step in awareness, because each question you ask leads to an answer that, in turn, leads to another question.

The truth is: you ARE the Awareness that is aware of Everything! If you don’t believe that, it is only because of the meanings you have chosen to accept and agree with up to now. The moment you take a single metaphorical step back and begin truly to observe your life, you will recognize and welcome the surprising truth about who you REALLY are!

This week David & Tommy are joined by special guest Laina Orlando, a widely recognized expert in the field of what she calls The Power of Awareness. Laina is going to share her expertise with you and help you to understand this subject more deeply.

Do you want to:

• Free yourself to experience life from your natural child-like sense of wonder and curiosity?
• Expand your capacity to forgive?
• Increase your compassion for all of humanity?
• Give yourself permission to be big, bold and limitless?

If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, then check out the video and leave a comment below!

Remember, awareness is a critical, key, essential part of our inner expansion and growth; a mandatory requirement for our transformation; a must-have of human evolution.

Awareness precedes Shift. Don’t miss it!

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What Parts of Yourself do You Hide…And at What Cost?

Consider the following scenarios and see if you can relate to any of them:

• Have you ever done something in your life, and then later felt foolish, ashamed or mortified about having done it?
• Have you ever declared in defense of something you’ve done, “Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time?”
• Have you ever had the experience of doing something that you later declared was “accidental”, “unintentional”, “out of character”, “a total surprise”, or “not like you at all”? And when you looked back on the consequences of whatever it was you did, did you also perhaps cringe at the outcome you had created?

When stuff like this happens in our lives, it’s almost like there’s an invisible force—a dark force—that seems to take over. It’s as if we are no longer in control of our own thoughts, words, and actions—almost like we’re possessed in some way—and it can be a very disconcerting and disorienting experience. What’s worse, when this happens, it may seem like we’re stuck in the interaction, as if we have to ride it out and wait for it to play itself out.

Well, friends, say hello to your “Shadow”!

We all have shadows—parts of ourselves that we try to keep from public view because we believe that they are inappropriate, unacceptable, wrong, or just plain bad. Usually this is because at some point in our very early lives we heard admonishing or shaming words from other people—people that we looked up to, like parents, teachers, religious leaders, politicians, and so on. And because we all seem to have an innate desire to please those important people in our lives, we transform those admonishing words into internal messages that we have to change or repair those parts of ourselves we think are “broken”. But we soon discover that it’s very difficult to change, so we try instead to hide them—to push them into the background where we believe they can no longer be seen. The underlying shame that drives our effort to hide these aspects of ourselves is so deeply ingrained and so powerful that we generally aren’t even aware that we’re going to so much effort to keep them from being seen. Metaphorically, it’s kind of like going through life with a paper bag over your head!

Ironically, while it may seem like you’re doing the world a favor by keeping those “inappropriate” parts of yourself hidden in the background, in truth the only person who really believes they are hidden is you! Believe it or not, these “shadow parts” are often quite visible to other people—especially people who know you well!

In this episode, David & Tommy talk about the idea of “Shadow” in some detail. You’ll learn:

• what shadow is and where it comes from;
• how your shadow can run—and sometimes ruin—your life;
• some ways that you can recognize and identify your own shadow;
• some things you can do to re-purpose the power of your shadow so it serves you rather than tripping you up.

Please enjoy the video—and as always, please remember to leave a comment!

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