Are You Here To Be An Entrepreneur? 39of me didn’t matter anymore. Another person’s opinion of me was none
of my business. My opinion of me is what mattered most. That was the
beginning of my self-discovery. I had gotten to the point where I was
sick and tired and frustrated enough to do the necessary work involved
shifting my paradigm, and that’s what I did.
If you could give advice to those who are still searching for their
purpose in life, what would it be?
My advice would be to accept the notion that they already have the answer,
and that they always have had the answer. We are taught biblically to seek
first the kingdom within us. The answer is there. Now, it gets clouded by all
types of beliefs that we may not have chosen as young people. I believe that
the average age for somebody to fully develop conscious awareness, where
they had the ability to accept or reject ideas about themselves, is around
seven to nine years of age. By then we have been filled with so many limit-
ing beliefs from our parents, our grandparents, our teachers or our coaches.
They’re well-meaning, just ignorant. When I say the word ignorant, most
people identify that as being rude. I mean ignorant as a lack of awareness.
They just lack the awareness of how human beings operate in the laws that
govern our thoughts and behavior.
I recommend that people unplug their TV sets and really dedi-
cate some time to self-study and recognize that wherever they are, what-
ever the results are in their lives, whatever circumstances have shown
up, their best thinking has gotten them there. They didn’t just wake up
one day and say to themselves, I think I’ll make all the wrong decisions
in my life today. The results that they have in their lives are an expres-
sion of their level of awareness. If they want to change the results of
their lives, they must first change the cause, which is what’s going on
inside. The only way to shift that is to raise their level of awareness
through self-contemplation. Spirit contemplates and spirit expresses it-
self through contemplation, and we are individualized spirit.
I would recommend that people study some of the great teachers
that we have now and some of the great teachers from the past, and
apply the principles they teach. They should never wait for the condi-
tions and circumstances to be “right” in their lives to take the steps nec-
essary to define their purpose and live their purpose. The conditions and
circumstances of their lives will never be right. They have to set their
own course and move in the direction of their dreams.
One of the lessons I’ve learned is that the quality of the answers