Ep 140 The Power of Awareness
Episode Notes:
Every 10th episode I like to share a mentor, book, or interview with you and today I am discussing my thoughts on the book The Power of Awareness, Neville Goddard. Whenever we want to make a change in life we need to first be aware of the stories we are currently telling ourselves, the beliefs we hold, and how we think we will feel once we get to our new desire, or goal. This book discusses the importance of knowing “I am”, and why we must use our imagination in order to create change. Listen in to learn more.
In This Episode:
- The importance of “I am”
- Fulfillment of your new desire
- The importance of living from vs observing to
- Failure
- The importance of imagination
- Becoming your new self
- www.michellebourquecoaching.com/course
- www.michellebourquecoaching.com/booklist
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Episode Transcript:
Hello hello hello
Welcome back to the podcast friends
Happy July 1st!
You guys
Can you even believe we are starting the second half of the year?
Where are you with your goals?
I like to take time to assess
What worked
What didn’t work
What can we do next
I actually like to do that weekly
But I’m going to do it as a half year review this weekend as well
Here’s the thing
We get running around doing, going, and doing more
And we don’t always take the time to stop
To build awareness
Of what we want to stop doing
Start doing
Or keep doing right?
You know I sound like a broken record
Awareness is key
And
That is why today
We are at episode 140
And you know every 10th episode
I like to share a book
Or mentor
So today I want to discuss
A book I recently read
The Power of Awareness
And
Side note
I love reading
And I want to share with you
Something that is actually part of my online program
Which I’ll talk about more at the end
But I have a list of books I want to share with you
In case you are looking for some summer reading
Go to www.michllebourquecoaching.com/booklist
And you can download it there
Plus
When you do that you will get any free content I send out weekly
Super simple
Ok
So this book
I believe the way I got turned onto it
Was listening to Lewis Howes
Interview Bob Proctor
I think that’s where I heard it …
Anyhow
Let’s dive in
The book starts off by talking about the importance of I am
The stories we tell ourselves
And the consciousness we have
Around I am
Determines the scenery of its existence
What I mean is
What is your inner voice saying
I am so crazy
I am a hard worker
I am forgetful
I am strong
I am choosing happiness
You are the infinite I am
Be wise with what that is for you
One of the other chapters that stood out
Was the one on desire
Which by the way
If you didn’t listen to last weeks podcast
Be sure to check out what I had to say
About knowing your hearts desire
But in this book
He talks about the changes
Which take place in your life
Come from the result of
Your changing the concept of yourself
I’ve talked about this before
A lot of times when we want to accomplish
Something new
We look to our past to find evidence
Or the how
But the truth is
We have to change the way we think about what
We want to become
And on page 20 it reads
Everything depends on your attitude towards yourself
That which you will not affirm
As true of yourself
Can never be realized by you
The key is to
Imagine that you are already experiencing
What you desire
You have to assume the feeling
Of the fulfillment of your desire
Until all other options of consciousness
Are not even part of the plan
If we can not imagine ourselves
As other that what we are
We will remain the same
But you know what that means?
You have to allow yourself to imagine
What that would be
And if you are like me
Sometimes my brain wants to say
I’m not really sure
I don’t know if I can imagine it
But if I suggest you imagine a pink elephant
You for sure got that in your imagination
Give yourself the chance to imagine
What is would be like
To get your desire fulfilled
And sit it that
Practice it
Until you become it
Now
There is also a chapter on failure
Let me just take a minute to say
There are a lot of interesting chapters
But I am just sharing a few with you
To be able to talk about tools and concepts
That might be helpful in this short time we have together
So back to failure
Always a fun topic
But it’s important because it relates to
Getting your desire
He talks about
How failure comes
When we don’t feel natural
In imagining ourself in the new goal
Or desire
For example
If it does not feel natural
For you to get a new job
You likely won’t
So then of course
The question becomes
How do you feel natural?
One word the book reports
Imagination
You must consistently
And persistently fill your consciousness
With imagination
Imagining yourself
Being what you want
Or having what you want
Imagination is what we all need
For anything new to happen
Any new technological advance
Any new process at work
Anything new
Someone has to
Or had to
Imagine it right?
So what is it you imagine for yourself?
Here’s the thing you guys
A lot of times we focus on what we don’t want in our life
And I’m as guilty as the next at times
But I have become kinda boss like
It moving through it quickly
And managing my responses
When we focus on what we don’t want
We get more of that
We shut down access to what we want
The key is having that awareness to see what you are telling yourself
See what you are focusing on
Do you want more of that?
Or
Can you allow yourself some time
Even 2 minutes to start in the morning if you haven’t tried this
And just imagine you have achieved the goal
The desire
How does that feel?
It’s so much better than
Being pissed about what you don’t want
And trust me
You will take different actions
With those different feelings
Its the think feel do model
The way we evolve and grow
Is to imagine
Better than what we currently know
And that is not to say
You aren’t grateful for where you are
It’s just knowing you can be grateful
And perfect
And a work in progress
The magic is in the mess
We have to be willing to get a little messy
Trying to get to those new goals
And I love this sentence
I loved it so much
It has post it on the page
Underlined
And starred ..lol..
Success is gained not by imitating the outer actions of the successful
But by right inner actions
And inner talking
AND
It’s important to note
When you are doing the practice of imagining
You want to do is as a partaker from the end
Not as an onlooker thinking of the end
Make sense?
So not as someone thinking about the end
But actually thinking from the end
You must actually be there in imagination
That is also underlined and starred..lol..
And a final few points that I think are important
The book talks about how you illuminate or darken your life
By the ideas which you consent
Nothing is more important
Than the ideas from which you think
The ideas which you feed
Because remember
The ideas are what we become
So if you can occupy more of your time
In the feeling of the wish fulfilled
Then you are more likely to obtain that
Practice more of that
Just like any other habits
Your habitual mood
Reveals a lot about the state of your life
Remember
Shift from thinking of the end
To thinking from the end
Center yourself from that feeling
Still plenty of time to finish out the year my friend
Give yourself the gift of a couple minutes each day
In order to get more of what you want
And
If you are looking for some help making some changes in your life
But you don’t think you have time to commit to 1:1 coaching
I want you to get started with the online course I mentioned
You will have modules on mindset
And habits
And goals
And so much more
PLUS – you have access to 1:1 private coaching
Through an easy to use app
Where we can really dive in
You do the modules at your pace
And when you actually do the work
On you and for you
Vs just listening
And you know I so appreciate you listening
But for your sake
When you do vs just consume
You will really see some changes
You can get the info at
michellebourquecoaching.com/course
Ok
As always
Hit me up on the socials with any questions
Ok friends
I hope you have a fabulous holiday weekend
That ’s what I have for you today
Let’s circle back next week
But for now stay safe
And
Make it great day
Take care