Welcome to Awareness for Everyone, an exploration of Conscious Reality Creation, and living the best lives we can for ourselves. I am MJ Blehart, writer, blogger, editor, and 21st century philosopher. Episode 82 – You can Only Choose for You

You can’t choose for anyone else

It is impossible to make choices for anyone other than you.

Even when you are working from a place of strength, from fact and reason – you can’t make anyone else decide on the same choices you do.

Fear can lead to poor choices

One of the most upsetting results of this election has been the support for hate. The number of people who have no problem with dividing us all further, allowing systemic racism to endure, and empowering so-called leaders who are blatantly hypocritical.

One reason for this is fear. Fear of change, fear of suffering, fear of losing what they have. And the people they elect play this fear like a violin virtuoso.

But it is a large number of different fears being played here. A lot of this is resistance to change. It is seeing that the world they know and want to believe exists doesn’t.

Fear makes people do things that work against their best interests. How many horror movies are based on that premise? Look at all the examples of how fear is used to manipulate people. Weaponize fear and you can persuade the people to do your bidding.

Change is scary

One of the biggest obstacles reason faces against fear is the resistance to change. Despite change being constant – people hate it. They avoid it like a plague. Tons of effort goes into resisting change. But it can and will happen. It is inexorable.

When you have a reasonable, fact-based argument, science, and evidential proof to back your belief –resistance to that is utterly disconcerting. What the hell? How can anyone believe this when all the facts point in the other direction?

You can choose only for yourself

This is not selfish! Selfish involves taking with no regard to anyone else. It is a lack mentality. Since there is not enough of ‘X’ I will take all I can – to hell with anyone else.

Selfish acts cause harm. However, a further definition is required. Selfish acts cause intentional harm.

Since you cannot change anyone but yourself – turn all your focus on working to change others inwards.

You are not stuck in a singular form. You can choose to change. This is an ability you possess. Mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally – you can change.

Awareness of this belongs to everyone.

Closing:

Thank you for joining me for Awareness for Everyone and sharing in this exploration of Conscious Reality Creation and living the best lives we can for ourselves. If you have any questions or comments, go ahead and email me at [email protected], or contact me via Instagram and Twitter at mjblehart, and on Facebook at blehartmj. Thank you to Fe Mahoney, the super-awesome artist who created my cover art. If you would like to commission work from her, email her at [email protected]. Please take a moment to check out my blogs, The Ramblings of the Titanium Don, at titaniumdon.com, my articles on Medium.com as MJ Blehart, and my various published books on Amazon. Thank you, and I hope you are discovering how awareness for everyone begins with you – and really is something that you can practice to live more fully and improve your life.

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