Self-Awarness Journey? Your Mirrors Have Blind Spots

The vehicle you use to travel on your road to self-awareness and abundance is self-examination. The process of self-examination is a journey of twists and turns, straightaways with frequent glimpses in your side and rearview mirrors. As you know from your driving experiences, mirrors have blind ...The vehicle you use to travel on your road to self-awareness and abundance is self-examination. The process of self-examination is a journey of twists and turns, straightaways with frequent glimpses in your side and rearview mirrors. As you know from your driving experiences, mirrors have blind spots and some mirrors will even warn you that some objects may be closer than they appear.

The same is true with self-examination. There are blind spots and some experiences in your self-examination are closer to the experiences you are having today than they appear. Road blocks to self-examination and effective life transformation stay hidden in these blind spots. If you are driving your car and know that you have a blind spot you will ask your passenger, if you have one, to take a look from their vantage point to see if there's anything in the way of you being able to get to your destination safely. Or, your passenger will see the roadblock or oncoming car and warn you so you can take corrective measures. Your passenger can see what is reflected in your mirror from her vantage position when you can't. If you have no passenger, no other vantage point, you risk being blindsided with an unwanted, possibly damaging, experience.

The road to self-awareness is littered with roadblocks and debris that must be overcome or cleaned-up in order to get to your desired destination - the fulfillment of what you long for. Are you traveling alone on your personal journey? Reading articles and self-help books by yourself or listening to expert speakers will certainly serve as an excellent tool to tell you how to drive a car. Yet they don't know you're destination, your personal passions and dreams, what street you started your journey on or what roadblocks are on the roads you travel on in this very individual journey. No two journeys are the same. Articles, books and lectures cannot map your route, point out your individual blind spots. They cannot relied upon to guide you personally as a passenger on your unique road. These things cannot see what's in your mirror and let you know what is in your way of moving forward if you are unable to see what is blocking you.

The fact that you've pulled your car out of the garage and have begun the journey to self-awareness indicates that you've placed your Inner Critic (self-doubt and fear) in the back seat. That's a terrific start! However, are you allowing him to be a back-seat driver? Is he still yelling out directions and routes you 'should' take? If so, he might as well be driving. And the trouble with his driving abilities is that he does not know how to look forward to see what's down the road let alone be aware of any blind spots. Your Inner Critic thinks that to get anywhere you have to always have your sights on the rearview mirror. And you wonder why the same unwanted experiences keep happening over and over again. Your Inner Critic is trying to get to where you want to go by following what he sees in your rearview mirror.

There is another passenger you could travel with you who clearly sees the road ahead and is able to view the mirrors from every vantage point. It is your Inner Wizard. The journey to connecting with and tapping into the magical power of your Inner Wizard is also subject to blind spots. Having a trusted person there with you to guide you from time-to-time to point out what they see in your mirrors, give you a different perspective, will prevent you from getting lost or side-tracked along the way.

Once you're able to completely hear, trust and rely upon your Inner Wizard he will always be your front-seat passenger on any journey you take. You will always have someone to watch out for your blind spots. Just tell your Inner Wizard what your destination is and he will immediately get to work creating a map that will get you from Point A to Point B effortlessly. He will readily reveal what is lurking in your blind spots as you travel safely by. Oh, and he's quite a good conversationalist so you'll enjoy his company along the way.

Happy journeys to you!