http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/awakening-blog.html the awakening blog, provides cutting edge new consciousness articles from the pages of the-unscripted-self.com, subscribe today. en-us awakening Sat, 19 May 2012 11:13:48 GMT Sat, 19 May 2012 11:13:48 GMT the-unscripted-self.com http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/expectation.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/expectation.html The element of expectation is central to belief. This article looks at how this still holds true when the goal is to attain states of higher consciousness. Sat, 19 May 2012 11:13:47 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/subjective.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/subjective.html Do we live in a subjective universe? Yes and no. We need to be careful here. This is ego-mind territory. The ego-mind would like nothing better than you to think you’re in charge of everything. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:18:03 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/knowledge.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/knowledge.html To be awake means to have knowledge.Today we’re going to talk a bit about knowledge in relation to awakening and consciousnenss. As well as introducing an authority on the subject. Who is he? Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:14:51 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/illusionist.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/illusionist.html what is the illusionist? In this article we look at the entertainer or magician as a metaphor for the world of deception and delusion that is all around us, and ask how can we escape its net? Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:43:24 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/ego-mind.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/ego-mind.html What is the ego-mind and how did you come to be living in its world? This article, part of the Consciousness series, looks at what it is you call reality, and how you actually created it yourself. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:38:36 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/whatisawakening.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/whatisawakening.html What is awakening? We hear much about this subject across the internet today. But what does exactly does it mean? Are there specific things you need to do in order to achieve this state? Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:13:59 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/righttobewrong.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/righttobewrong.html The right to be wrong looks at our obsession with always being right. Are you addicted to being right? Do you get cross when things don’t go your way? Read on. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:52:23 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/tantra.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/tantra.html Tantra, what is it? It’s origins go back to ancient times, predating Hinduism, the oldest religion in the world. It has also been associated with Vajrayana, a variation of Mahayana Buddhism. The word Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:53:10 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/impulseshopping.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/impulseshopping.html impulse shopping is automatic and unconscious. There is an energy around money. Holding fast to it can create a sense of security but leave us feeling knotted inside, while, spending gives us a rush Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:07:54 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/alilukeunscripted.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/alilukeunscripted.html Ali Luke - successful blogger, writing coach, and author of <i>Lycopolis</i> talks candidly to the unscripted self... Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:22:56 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/dreaming.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/dreaming.html is the dreaming state substantially different from the waking one? Or is it another false awakening (like when you think you’ve woken but you’re still asleep)? Could you tell the difference? Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:38:03 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Dreams.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Dreams.html What are dreams? We examine the analogy between the dreaming state and the waking one. The driving modalities are sensory and emotive. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:29:01 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/toleranceofambiguity.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/toleranceofambiguity.html Prevailing myths are strange animals. They linger like the taste of last night’s liquor. Despite the importuning of our rational mind, that part of us that know they are myths, and nonsense too. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:45:08 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/deathandtaxes.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/deathandtaxes.html What is the one thing we all take for granted? Death of course. The overriding thought of the world is that death is inevitable. But what if this weren’t true? What if it's is only an illusion? Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:12:07 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/resurrection.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/resurrection.html The memory of 9/11 will forever live with us. This is not a retrospective. There’s already been too much of that. It’s something different, kind of left of centre really Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:52:17 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/spirituality_3.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/spirituality_3.html the concluding part of what it means to be spiritual looks at the role of consciousness and self awareness Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:02:41 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/spirituality_2.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/spirituality_2.html A misconception too long associated with spirituality is that it is something outside us. This has a lot to do with the Western mind and its mixture of Greco-Roman rationalism and Judaea-Christian Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:55:25 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Oslo.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Oslo.html The events in Oslo touched everyone at some level. Most people were lost for words. Despite the strange sounding names in the tragic roll call it felt like we’d lost someone we knew, a family member. Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:06:28 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/death.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/death.html There is a phenomenon known as the unconscious death urge which can get activated at times trauma or when death makes an appearance. This is something that has happened to me recently and I’m still a Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:39:41 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/olivier.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/olivier.html Hamlet is the play by which all other plays are measured against. It is a metaphor for life and the illusions we create for ourselves. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:34:56 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/achieveourdreams.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/achieveourdreams.html What do you want in life? Do you know? Have you given up on your dreams because you tried and nothing seems to work? Too often we think we know what we want, but we don’t really. We might think we wan Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:18:05 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/interviewwithrosemary.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/interviewwithrosemary.html interview with Rosemary Lowe is the first in a series of talks with people in the healing world. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:09:51 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/vampirepeople.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/vampirepeople.html Have you noticed how certain people can suck the life out of you just by being in their presence? I think we all know people like that! You don’t want to be around them. In fact you want to run a mile Thu, 26 May 2011 10:05:04 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/knowthyself.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/knowthyself.html know thyself, I’m going to tell you something today that may come as a shock and which you’ve probably never been told before, it’s this - <i>you don’t know anybody. </i> Fri, 20 May 2011 21:49:40 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/consciousness.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/consciousness.html Birthing the New Consciousness, my new book which shows you how to use your mind to create states of bliss and lasting happiness has arrived! Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:47:47 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/prayer.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/prayer.html prayer upon discovering consciousness. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:14:13 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/venuscumara.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/venuscumara.html Venus CuMara is a new voice in the world of esoteric and spiritual poetry. I checked out this amazing talent at the latest Mind Body Spirit show in Dublin . . . remember the joy of breaking through. Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:44:15 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/lawofattraction.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/lawofattraction.html There is no law of attraction! A lot of people are confused and frustrated about this topic. They feel they’ve been conned. Films such as the Secret and a plethora of new age books trumpeted this new Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:04:04 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/awakenedself.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/awakenedself.html Am I awake or am I dreaming, am I dreaming that I am awake, or am I awake while believing that my awakeness is but a dream? Truly, was I always awake. I just pretended not to know. I am not on a Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:10:48 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/remotehealing.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/remotehealing.html What is remote healing? It is a term referring to healing that you send to one or more persons not physically present, also known as distant healing. It is a form of intention Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:09:32 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/inception.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/inception.html I’m raving about <b>Inception</b> the new Christopher Nolan film at the moment. It’s one of the best flicks to come along in a long time. But could it possibly happen? That is, could someone implant a Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:12:33 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/feartheculturethatdeniesdeath.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/feartheculturethatdeniesdeath.html The biggest fear I think people have is the fear of death. In many ways we live in a culture that denies death. Everything around you is designed to keep death at bay. We glitz up our world and Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:34:55 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/howsafedoyoufeel.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/howsafedoyoufeel.html We live in a world obsessed with safety, with defending itself. Here in Ireland we’ve brought in a new law that makes it okay for a person to use whatever force necessary to defend themselves Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:37:10 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/emotionalselfesteem.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/emotionalselfesteem.html Our emotional self esteem, very important, is too often suffused with a barrage of feelings that threatens to drown us in their sea of overwhelm. Every day we are fed a staple diet of drama be it in Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:49:53 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Exclusionliesandemotionalescape.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/Exclusionliesandemotionalescape.html exclusion or feelings of rejection can emerge when we start a new project. Have you noticed this?There’s a saying that love brings up everything unlike itself for the purpose of healing and release... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:12:39 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/warringpeace.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/warringpeace.html There are two strange phenomena in our cognitive world. One is that we live so much in the past (or imaginary future) and the second is that we take our attitudes and beliefs for granted. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:59:41 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/giftsofthespirit.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/giftsofthespirit.html Gifts of the spirit are the gifts that open portals to dimensions of ourselves that we didn’t know existed. They are also gifts because they are not exclusively ours, but truly take on their significa Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:44:24 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/epigenetics.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/epigenetics.html The term epigenetics basically infers that we are affected by factors other than the basic DNA gene code. I believe the study of epigenetics holds out enormous promise for the human understading Tue, 18 May 2010 12:23:05 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/inspiringwords.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/inspiringwords.html We all love inspiring words. But how do we use them? What I want to talk about today is how you talk to yourself. Everybody has a stream of dialogue running through their head all the time.Whats yours Fri, 14 May 2010 18:48:20 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/attitudeofgratitude.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/attitudeofgratitude.html The term attitude of gratitude is heard a lot on the internet these days. Now gratitude is one of the most noble qualities of the mind, and essential if we aspire to develop into fully awakened and Sat, 08 May 2010 10:59:25 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/relationshipissues.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/relationshipissues.html when discussing relationship issues we generally think of the big ones, lovers, friends, family. However the encounter, often falsely described as 'casual' can also afford intimacy and self growth. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:30:05 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/chakracolors.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/chakracolors.html discusses chakra colors within the chakra system, the chakras have a profound bearing on our emotional, spiritual and even physical well-being, color plays a more significant role than many realize. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:33:57 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/wisdomquotes.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/wisdomquotes.html view over 10 pages of wisdom quotes, heartfelt, inspiring and lifechanging sayings and pearls of wisdom from the world's greatest minds.... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:49:26 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/courseinmiracles.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/courseinmiracles.html A Course in Miracles is one of the foremost texts that influenced my life and my writings. In this piece I talk about the origins of that for me, and the origins of the Course. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:33:29 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/heartawakening.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/heartawakening.html heart awakening is a meditation on opening to love Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:39:20 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/mostnegativethought.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/mostnegativethought.html the truth process is a dynamic little to to uncover your most negative thought which you hold about yourself at an unconscious level Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:12:22 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/love.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/love.html Since love created you, this is essentially what you are at your core. In the final part of this 3-part mini series we look at how that core self can be enslaved by false perception. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:45 GMT http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/ideaofgod.html http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/ideaofgod.html part 2 of God and the myth we created of the parent explores this idea through ancient and modern religions Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:52:39 GMT