BE YOUR OWN AUTHORITY by Owen Waters

Be Your Own Authority
by Owen Waters

In the 1960s, parents and teachers complained that the younger
generation had less respect for authority than they did when
they were that age. In the 1980s, parents and teachers
complained that the younger generation had less respect for
authority than they did when they were that age. In the 2000s,
well, you get the picture. Every generation has progressed more
in the same direction because The Shift is dissolving the old
habit of submission to authority.

Traditionally, organizations were run on hierarchies of
authority. In order to work within a hierarchy, you were
expected to surrender your willingness to think for yourself
and, instead, obey orders without question. Human creativity
was suppressed while such a structure encouraged people to be
closed-minded when exposed to any new information or ideas.

People with open minds, on the other hand, can think for
themselves and therefore become their own authorities. Being
open to new ideas, they can discover creative, new solutions to
challenges in their work and in their lives.

Once the human mind is free to think for itself, these new
ideas and solutions can be gained from the three main stages of
conscious awareness. These are:

1. Concentration. This is used to make a study and rational
analysis of all available material.

2. Reflection. This is the process of digesting information,
sleeping on it, and thinking it over on more than one occasion.
It opens up the problem to more levels of consciousness than
just the daily, waking consciousness. Each time the situation
is examined, a more insightful overview is obtained, leading to
deeper and longer-lasting solutions.

3. Meditation. In this state of alert awareness, the full
power of your intuitive insight can be accessed. In this state,
your intuition senses the whole reality of the situation. The
deeper the meditative state, the clearer it becomes as to what
the best solution can be.

Like all skills, meditation requires regular practice in order
to become truly effective. A sudden crisis in life can upset a
beginner's attempts to find a deep level of awareness, while an
experienced meditator will have gained the experience to be
able to bypass the emotional turbulence and still reach the
desired, deep levels of insight.

It is very simple to become an experienced meditator. Make
meditation your number one priority, each and every day. The
Infinite Being meditation technique is one of many meditation
techniques you can use, and it is a very powerful one. It can
be found at:

http://www.infinitebeing.com/0405/ibmeditation.htm

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As we pass through The Shift into the New Reality, we are
learning to apply self-empowerment to all facets of life.
Self-education and reflection mean that you can rely upon your
own perceptions about what is best for you.

Traditionally, the medical establishment has been the
authority on what is best for your health. That is being
replaced by self-education in nutrition and "alternative"
(natural) health care.

Religious authorities are being replaced by spiritual
self-education. Political authorities have, on the whole, been
less revered than used car salesmen for decades now, so it
takes little imagination to predict that political reform waits
only for a trigger event to launch a complete revival of
political standards and ethics.

When it comes to matters of authority, remember: It is better
to be your own authority than to follow the crowd, wherever
that crowd is being led.

Within you is all the insight you ever need to reach wise
decisions about every challenge that you ever face. No one on
the planet knows more than you about your needs, your situation
and your potential to find joy in all of the aspects of your
life.

Basically, it all comes down to these four words:

Be your own authority.


This article was written by Owen Waters, author of
"The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness,"
available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Online:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932336222
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http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ISBN=1932336222

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