QUOTE OF THE
WEEK
"To regain awareness of Being and to abide in
that state of 'feeling-realisation' is enlightenment."
- Eckhart Tolle
Hi
Welcome to Lifebuilder!
In this week's edition, we answer an excellent question by a reader
about self-awareness,
an answer which explains what it is and how to develop it. To
develop your self-awareness, you may be interested in coming to part or
all of a life-changing 'Movie
Magic' day where we
will be screening 3 life-changing movies and analysing them with you to
apply the principles they touch on to your own life. This is a highly
entertaining way of learning - we call it EnterTrainment -
designed to help you cultivate your self-awareness and transform your
life completely. See our Events
section below for more information about this powerful new concept in
personal growth.
If you live in Gauteng and you missed the two screenings of the powerful
movie 'The
Secret' over the last couple of weeks, we will be
screening it again as part of this 'Movie Magic' day on Saturday
the 17th of February at 9 a.m. at the FNB Conference
Centre in Sandton, and you can book to come only to this movie and
the training session after the movie for the small investment of R100
(for the movie only) or R200 (for both the movie and the 2-hour session
discussing it afterwards). Click
here for more information about this option and to book
your seat/s now. We hope to see you on the 17th for at least one of the
sessions - you can just come to any individual movie or movie session
without having to come for the whole day. Again, see our Events
section below for more information. In the mean time, keep
reading to find out more about self-awareness and how to cultivate it. Enjoy!
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Events
‘MOVIE MAGIC’ TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
Date: Saturday, 17 February
Time: 9 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Venue: Training Room E, FNB Conference Centre
Investment: R950 per person (10% discount for each person you refer!)
OR
R200 per session (including the movie, talk, tea and
coffee, but no meal)
OR
R100 per movie (no tea and coffee or meal)
The movies will be screened in the first part of each session, followed by a talk and interactive
workshop examining the principles the movie touches on and their practical application.
The training will be presented and facilitated by Jonathan Quail. Session 1 will be held from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., session 2 from 1.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and session 3 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The three movies and the training based on them are:
1. The Secret – Learn the practical actions you can take on a daily basis to attract whatever you truly
want in life
2. What the Bleep Do We Know – Discover a whole new level of reality and how to live joyously in it
3. Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith – Learn how to overcome your dark side, the fear that can sabotage
all your efforts to lead an amazing life
The day will be entertaining, educational, emotional, fun, inspiring, practical and
enlightening. You will come away with a higher understanding of yourself and life, a raised level of consciousness and the practical tools and techniques you can use every day to live in an enlightened and very productive way. It will give you an accurate map of reality and
detailed guidelines for navigating a successful course in this game we call life.
BOOKING
To book a place/s for the whole day or one or two of the individual sessions, please
click the appropriate link below and send the email that pops
up, and we will reply with detailed information:
Your investment of only R950 for
the whole day includes tea and coffee during the day and a light lunch and supper, as well as detailed notes on the movies and the discussion sessions. We are so confident that you will be completely satisfied with the value you receive that we are giving a
100% money-back guarantee – if you are at all dissatisfied with the value you feel you have received, we will refund your full investment to you.
If you truly want to transform your life in every respect
and experience one of the most amazing days of your life on
the 17th of February, we strongly advise you book
for the whole day.
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What
is Self-awareness and how do I develop it?
We felt the best way to answer this question is by quoting from a most
enlightening book called 'The
Power of Now' by Eckhart
Tolle, a truly enlightened and self-aware being, as he
defines self-awareness, also termed 'enlightenment' or
'self-realisation', more beautifully and elegantly than than we ever
could:
"There is an eternal,
ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject
to birth and death. Many people use the word God to describe it; I often
call it Being. The word Being explains nothing, but nor does God.
Being, however, has the advantage that it is an open concept. It does
not reduce the infinite invisible to a finite entity. It is impossible
to form a mental image of it. Nobody can claim exclusive possession of
Being. It is your very presence, and it is immediately accessible to you
as the feeling of your own presence. So it is only a small step from the
word Being to the experience of Being.
Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its
innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is
accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But
don't seek to grasp it with your mind. Don't try to understand it. You
can know it only when the mind is still. When you are present, when your
attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it
can never be understood mentally. To regain awareness of Being
and and to abide in that sate of 'feeling-realisation' is enlightenment.
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman
accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply
your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of
connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something
that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater
than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name and form. The
inability to fell this connectedness gives rise to the illusion of
separation, from yourself and from the world around you. You then
perceive yourself, consciously or unconsciously, as an isolated
fragment. Fear arises, and conflicts within and without become the norm.
The
greatest obstacle to experiencing the reality of your connectedness is identification
with your mind, which causes thought to become compulsive. Not to be
able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realise
this because almost everybody is suffering from it, so it is considered
normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm
of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being. It also creates a
false mind-made self that casts a shadow of fear and suffering. It's
almost as if you were possessed without knowing it, and so you take the
possessing entity to be yourself. The beginning of freedom is the
realisation that you are not the possessing entity - the thinker.
Knowing this enables you to observe the entity. The moment you start
watching the the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes
activated. You then begin to realise that there is a vast realm of
intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that
intelligence. You also realise that all the things that truly matter -
beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind.
You begin to awaken." We hope you enjoyed this edition of Lifebuilder, and we have given you
some useful information and practical suggestions you can use to improve
your life this year. If you would like
to give us your feedback on Lifebuilder or
ask a question that we may answer in a future edition, click here and send the email that pops
up. Until next time, be self-aware!
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