TOOLS FOR THE SEEKER
 

THE OTHER CRITICAL “TOOL” FOR AWAKENING IS “DIALOGUING” OR SIMPLY EXPRESSING WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW --- ALWAYS “RIGHT NOW” IN THE PRESENT. THE KIND OF DIALOGUING I SPEAK OF HERE IS NOT THE KIND OF CONVERSATION YOU TRY TO HAVE WITH YOUR HUSBAND/WIFE, EVEN BEST FRIEND. DIALOGUING FOR AWARENESS CAN’T BE HAD WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON FOR THEY ARE NOT FREE THEMSELVES AND MOST OFTEN ARE FRIGHTENED OF REALLY DISCUSSING FEELINGS - PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS - EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS IN ANY WAY.

FOR THIS TYPE OF DIALOGING WHERE ONE CAN JUST BE THEMSELVES WITH NO FEAR OF SPOILING SOMEONE ELSE’S AGENDA; IT IS NECESSARY TO JOIN A SEEKERS GROUP. ALL OF THE TWELVE STEPS GROUPS FOLLOW THIS FORMAT. THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY SITTING IN THERE TALKING ABOUT NOTHING BUT: OVEREATING - OVER-DRINKING - DRUGGING- OVER-SPENDING, ETC. THEY HAD ALREADY MADE A DECISION TO LET GO OF THAT HABIT BEFORE THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR. WHAT THEY DO ! ---! IS SIT IN SMALL GROUPS AND DIALOGUE THEIR WAY THROUGH TO A HIGHER PURPOSE; A HIGHER KNOWING; A PLACE VERY SPECIAL; A LEVEL VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THEY DO THIS VIA PRACTICING A SET OF SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES WHICH STRONGLY ADVOCATES MEDITATION AND OTHER TECHNIQUES FOR MOVING INTO AWARENESS.

IN ADDITION - THERE ARE YOGA CENTERS, ZEN CENTERS, CHRISTIAN CHURCH CENTERS, YMCA PROGRAMS, RECREATION CENTERS, AND SOME OTHERS WHERE ONE CAN BECOME PART OF A GROUP EXPLORING ADVANCEDCONSCIOUSNESS - OR SIMPLY...................

AWARENESS

 IN ADDITION, THERE ARE INNUMERABLE WEB FORUM CHAT BOARDS WHERE PEOPLE POST THEIR VIEWS AND ARE RESPONDED TO BY OTHERS. IT’S USUALLY CARRIED ON IN A SPIRIT OF COURTEOUS, IMPERSONAL, EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. WE WILL LIST A FEW OF THESE FOR YOU UNDER “QUESTIONS & lINKS”. BUT START TO FIND YOUR OWN. IT’S FUN; IT ALLEVIATES THOSE LONELY DAYS; AND IT BEGINS TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE WHOLE (WHICH YOU ARE) INSTEAD OF ONE OF THE LOST (WHICH YOU AREN’T).

 BE JUST A READER FIRST - AND WHEN YOU GET A FEEL FOR THE FORUM --- SIGN ON AND PUT IN YOUR THOUGHTS !! IT WORKS. PEOPLE RESPOND BACK TO YOU ! YOU BECOME A PARTICIPANT IN THE FLOW.