“Just LET IT GO!” Isn’t that what we all hear? Come on, just let go of it already! Well, if it were that easy, we’d all be doing it, wouldn’t we? As much as we may desire to let go of something in our life, something that is keeping us from moving on or seeing clearly, we seem to repeat the same patterns over and over again without even realizing it. The real question becomes, why are we not allowing ourselves the ability to see? Why are we keeping what is clearly not working alive and well in our life? Even if we are able to see what is happening and the creatures of habit that we are, why can’t we let it go?

One of the most repeated phrases you will hear in the world of self-discovery is “Don’t Go to Fear, Only Go to Love.” That sounds lovely, doesn’t it? If only it were that simple. Fear is often misunderstood and preached by many teachers to avoid it, to not look at it, and to only be the LOVE you are. Well, what does that even mean? How do we know the LOVE we are? What relevance, if any, does fear have in our lives? It seems most of us are lost on an unknown path just trying to figure it out.

Name a time in your life when something went terribly wrong. At this moment it was not your fault, you were simply the victim of the accident, the abuse, or the circumstance of an event that was completely out of your hands. This happens all the time. In the world of duality, there is the victimizer, and the victim, the attacker, and the attacked, the threatener, and the threatened. Unfortunately, this world is set up that way. There will always be the opposite experience on the other side of the coin.

No one wants to suffer. No one wants to go to the depths of hell. I think it’s safe to say that none of us as children thought about how wonderful it would be to lose control of our lives and have no idea what was happening to us? As the child, we are the dreamer, the imagination is dominant, we fantasize how we want our lives to be. We are the creator of our future selves, and as children, some of us access this aspect of the mind much more than others. To be clear, this is the mind exploring in creation.

Most of our lives seem to be overrun by human emotion. We have a FEELING about anything and everything, yes? It doesn’t matter what life experience is happening right in front of us, we will have some sort of emotional reaction purge to the surface for everyone else around us to see. These spontaneous episodes seem to be ruling our lives, especially when awareness is not present yet. Without awareness, we might as well be lost in a sea of one powerful surge of emotion after another, much like life-threatening waves abrasively crashing onto the shore.

Of all the topics within spiritual transformation, this one may prove to be the most difficult to explain, let alone experience. Up until now we have discussed much about viewing life with the observer, that larger awareness that is part of our higher selves. While viewing life in this way, it appears there are two subjects perceiving, you and this larger awareness, both peering out into the world around us.

Have you ever stepped outside of your thinker and watched your mind operate? Has it changed how you see yourself and the world around you? Or, is this an entirely new concept to you? If you are versed in watching your thoughts, or it’s never even occurred to you before, becoming the OBSERVER is an extraordinarily helpful tool on your path to waking up.