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 Synergism and the Cosmic Human-- in Cosmology, Philosophy, & Spirituality

Synergism and the Biological Human-- in Anatomy/Physiology, & Biosphere (symbiosis, bio-diversity in ecosystems, etc.)

Synergism and the Social Human-- in Social Basics, in Economics, in Health and Health Care, in Aesthetics, & in Culture

  1. Total Human Development and Harmony Through Synergism

  2. Holistic Health Care and Medicine

  3. Deep Ecology and Harmony with Nature 

  4. Sense of History and Sense of Mission

  5. Civics and Democratic Governance

  6. Culture as Community Creativity

  7. Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education

  8. Gender Sensitivity, Equality & Harmony

  9. Reconstructive/Restor-ative Justice

10. Associative Economics, Social Capital and Sustainable Development

11. Synergetic Leadership and Organizations

12. Appropriate/Adaptive Technology

13. Mutual Enrichment of Families and Friendships

14. Human Dignity and Human Harmony: Human Rights and Peace

15. Aesthetics Without Boundaries: 'Art from the Heart'   

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Awareness and Self-Evolution*

By Neale Donald Walsch

N. D. Walsch is the author of the Conversations with God trilogy. His latest book is Friendship with God, released by Putnam.

The following is reproduced from his column that appeared in the July 1999 issue of Magic Blend magazine.

SELF-EVOLUTION is the goal of every soul, yet what does it look like to be evolved? In my latest book, Friendship with God, I posed this question. I was told that there are three Core Concepts around which the process of Self-evolution revolves. These are Awareness, Honesty and Responsibility.

Here is an excerpt from the complete answer as contained in this new dialogue:

Awareness is a State of Being in which you may choose to live. It means to be awake to the moment. It is about being keenly observant about what is so, and why; about what is occurring, and why; about all the possible and the most probable outcomes of any choice or action, and what makes them possible and probable.

To live in Awareness is to not pretend that you do not know.

Remember, I told you that there are Those Who Know, but pretend that they do not know. Awareness is about being aware, and being aware that you are aware. It is about being aware that you are aware that you are aware that you are aware, and about being aware that you are aware that you are aware that you are aware.

Awareness has many levels.

Awareness is about being aware of the level of awareness of which you are aware, and it is about being aware that there is no level of awareness about which you cannot be aware, if you are aware of that.

When you live a life of Awareness, you no longer do things unconsciously. You cannot because you are aware that you are doing something unconsciously, and that, of course, means you are doing it consciously.

It is not difficult living a life of Awareness when you are aware that it is not difficult. Awareness feeds on itself.

When you are unaware of awareness, then you cannot know what it is like. You do not even know that you do not know. You have forgotten. You really do know, but you have forgotten that you know, and so you might as well not know at all, that is why remembering is so important. This is what I am here to do. I am here to help you remember. That is what friends are for.

It is what you are doing, too, in the life of another. In the life of all others. You are here to help others remember. This is something you may have forgotten.

Once you have been made to remember, you are brought back to awareness. Once you come back to awareness, you begin to become aware of your awareness, and you are aware that you are aware.

Once you have been made to remember, you are brought back to awareness. Once you come back to awareness, you begin to become aware of your awareness, and you are aware that you are aware.

Awareness is about Noticing The Moment. It is about stopping, looking, listening, feeling, experiencing fully, what is happening. It is a meditation. Awareness turns everything into a meditation. Washing dishes, Making love. Cutting the grass. Saying a word out loud to another. All becomes a meditation.

What am I doing? How am I doing this? Why am I doing this? What am I being while I am doing this? Why am I being this while I am doing this?

What am I experiencing right now? How am I experiencing it? Why am I experiencing it the way I am experiencing it? What I am being while I am experiencing it? Why am I being this while I am experiencing it? What does any of this have to do with what I am experiencing? What does any of this have to do with what other people are experiencing of me?

Awareness is moving to the level of Unobserved Observer. You are watching yourself. And then you are watching yourself watch yourself. And then you are watching yourself watch yourself watching yourself. Finally, there is no one watching you watch yourself. You have become the Unobserved Observer. That is Full Awareness.

It is easy. It is not as difficult or as complicated as it sounds. It is about stopping, looking, listening, feeling. It is about knowing, and knowing that you know. It is about ending the pretending.

Now, you are really tending to business. You are tending to yourself. In the past, you were doing what you did before you were tending. You could call that pre-tending. When you stop pre-tending, you become totally honest.

Honesty is the Second Tool. Honesty is about saying, first to yourself, then to others, what it is of which you are aware.

Honesty is what you stand for. You are no longer taking things lying down, but standing for something. You must have noticed that you cannot stand for something until you stop lying around. This is why it is said that when you are totally honest, you are truly upstanding.

Use the Tool of Honesty consistently, and watch your life change. Use it in relationships. Use it in business transactions. Use it in your politics. Use it in school. Use it everywhere, all the time.

Be aware of what you have done, and then be honest about it. Be honest about the outcomes you know very well that you have produced. Then choose to take responsibility for it. This is the Third Tool. It is a sign of great maturity, great spiritual growth.

You will never want to do this, however, so long as your society equates responsibility with punishment. Too often in the past, taking responsibility has meant taking a fall But responsibility does not mean guilt. Rather, it means a willingness to do whatever you have to do to make the outcomes you produce the best they can possibly be, and to do what it takes to remedy whatever can be remedied should others choose to experience the outcomes as damaging in any way.

You will then create a new society, based on The New Gospel, WE ARE ONE, and supported by the Core Concepts: Awareness, Honesty, Responsibility.

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