CHAPTER 1

The Beginning

"You cannot teach a man anything; you canonly help him discover it himself." Galileo

Who are we and what on earth are we doing here? This is themillion dollar question for many. "Universal Awareness" waswritten to enlighten our thoughts with some possibilities thatwill provide insights for us to consider. To bring awareness,not force beliefs or viewpoints on others.

We all have definite mindsets. Our very thoughts originatefrom things we've seen, been taught or have read. We developour beliefs based on this. We create mental pictures andformulate them into what we choose to believe whether theyare true or false. The same thing occurs when groups ofpeople see, read or are taught something. Hence Religionsare born.

Organizations of various interests as well as countriesthat form united fronts all build their foundations on certainbelief systems that have been shaped by images and ideasfrom these sources. Any kind of institution can be birthedfrom mindsets that have a common thread. The problemsenter when these structures are established and then bindothers by creating creeds, promises, oaths, pledges and a hostof others things.

Unfortunately when religions function with certainprejudices and beliefs everyone is to adhere to, they arefunctioning as God for everyone else. We especially do thiswhen we dictate the destiny of others that do not conform toour doctrines of belief. When someone does not agree with ourdogmas we simply tell others the person teaching differentconcepts is deceived, never considering we may be the one indeception.

This is a manipulative way of getting others to trust whatwe teach is truth and any opposing view should be rejected.It is a form of fear on many different levels. The degree ofhostility and anger will expose the amount of fear we possessand the lack of trust we have in a Divine Intelligence greaterthan our minds to lead others into truth.

Whenever an individual is impacted by fear or control,those implementing this have not yet realized our mentalimages and die-hard beliefs can be inaccurate or mistakenwhen it comes to factual evidence. We must humble ourselvesby allowing each individual to seek explicit direction fromour Divine Source rather than assuming to be the superiorsource receiving communication from God's mouth to our ear.No human is the direct channel possessing all explanationsand understanding for everyone. A finite intelligence cannotcompete with infinite intelligence.

Enlightenment from God is in the awareness of thebeholder. Usually what we are aware of is what we havebeen taught to believe. The only problem with this is that itcauses us to only go in one direction and we leave no roomfor our understanding to expand or consider the possibilitythat God doesn't see things the way we do. His observationis far greater and higher than ours. When I see things thirtythousand feet in the air, it is very different from the way I seethings on the ground.

We must be very careful when it comes to closed-mindednessbecause Divine Intelligence may be trying to reveal greaterknowledge and understanding to us but we refuse to open ourminds because they are already made up. They are filled withthose things we have seen, read or been taught.

We need to allow God to be God and let each individualdiscover their own direction and assignments in life. Godis very capable of guiding everyone on an individual basis.It is there for the asking. We do not have to be fearful whenconsulting Divine Wisdom because I trust fear is not God'sM.O. (modus operandi) as some may want us to believe, that'sa man-made mode of operation.

I do realize there are many people who do not embracea belief in God and I would hope those individuals wouldnot base that decision on certain mindsets from others orconcepts that I believe have misrepresented a Source withDivine Intelligence. If anyone believes that God created us,then we must know a Divine Intelligence does not makejunk. If we originated from a Divine Being we certainly wouldacknowledge we came from a Source of Excellence. When werealize this, it will revolutionize our life.

It is my strong impression that anyone who states weare less has not yet realized the depth of Divine Love thisSource of Spirit encompasses. We must be careful of theimage created for us when man makes God in his imagebecause that blemishes everything else.

Once we are awakened to the understanding that we werecreated in the image of God, we begin to realize and awakento who we really are. I sincerely believe when we do not graspthe magnitude of this wonderful revelation, we become adysfunctional society. We need to be extremely cautious andavoid using God as a punishing stick. That image has causeduntold damage on our planet and is born out of fear anddepictions without understanding.

These impaired images or mindsets create all sorts ofdysfunctional behavior on earth. Once they are imbedded in amind it can cause individuals to create all types of erroneousconcepts. The problem is many of these notions are seriouslydangerous and harmful to others.

One of the worst experiences I feel anyone goes throughwhile living in this world is losing a loved one through violence.This is an area most difficult for me personally when helpingthose who feel they cannot find understanding regarding thereasons people commit violent acts. I only know that love hastruly evaded these individuals. It saddens me to realize theynever reached or understood a true "God Connection".

I believe many people have no desire to make a "GodConnection" because they have been given some...