Awareness starts with looking at yourself

Our thoughts and awareness shape the world!  So which thoughts help and how do we expand our awareness?

Thinking a better world

Anger, fear, separation and greed are the thoughts that hold sway in our modern world; this is what allows us to exploit the natural world with no thought for the future; this is what allows us to oppress and exploit other people through our lifestyle.
On the other hand thoughts of peace, of love and unity, of responsibility to future generations are those that will lead us to a world that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just.

Transforming Me

And we can only help transform the world when we are ready to transform ourselves. We need to love ourselves first of all.  We can only love other people, or our planet home, as much as we love ourselves.  And we need to live authentically, which means being true to ourselves and what we believe in. Plus we want to be flexible and continually able to change: ‘who I am’ is a choice we make every day.

Being One Human Family

We are 6½ billion of us, all different but all connected as if in one big human family.  When we think this way it becomes impossible to continue to live in ways that threaten or disadvantage other people.

Seeking the Big Picture

Sages and philosophers have puzzled through the ages about the nature of life. There are no easy answers but the answer we choose shapes our whole view of the world and all of the decisions we make. So we don’t know for sure that it’s true we are part of a huge, evolving, intelligent universe. But how does it begin to alter our thinking if we hold that thought?