Wake Up to Yourself

Now, I have to say that this way of thinking and the Ideas, (I was going to say new Ideas but they’ve been around since the dawn of Man) I’ve read in all the books that I’ve accumulated over the years on this way of thinking were very foreign to me. I grew up a typical Aussie Bloke. I am a Traddie, I played Rugby League growing up, I went out with my mates and got drunk, sometimes got into fights (which I never started by the way) and done some things I would rather not mention! I was engaged twice and have two fantastic boys from each relationship; Blaine and Dylan and am now Married to a beautiful person, Marina, and have a great Stepson, Noah, and a beautiful fur child called Teddy, our dog. I have lost nearly everything I own twice after each separation from the engagements and had to both times move back in with my Mother in my early and late twenties. (by the way, I don’t blame anyone for these things happening…not anymore) When I was nineteen my cousin who came to live with us when I was about five (he was around ten) committed suicide, he was like a brother more than a cousin, we use to do everything together. Two years later I lost my Grandmother who I was very, very close to because my parents were divorced when I was around six years old due to my Farther being an Alcoholic. My Mother worked two and sometimes three jobs at a time to support us so I spent a lot of time with my Beautiful Grandmother. I went through depression a lot of the time and would have been ecstatic at certain times in my life if I just didn’t wake up, I remember thinking… there’s worse things than dying! In saying all this, I don’t believe I was deprived of anything growing up, or have had a hard life. I had a very close and supportive family and fantastic friends. I only mention these things because I know when I started this journey and started reading books from different teachers, I used to think… yeah, but your successful because your you, it was probably just your fate to be successful, even though most of these teachers had a lot more hardships in their life then I did. Then I would think that’s why they have a great life now, because they had such a hard childhood or have had more struggles in their life than the average person. It’s funny the excuses you come up with when your life isn’t the way you want it to be. So I just want people to realize that I am just like most other people with a similar story to 90% of the world’s population. I’m not famous or well known in any way, although I am regarded as a reasonably good plasterer around Ipswich! the only difference is, I started asking questions and opened my mind for the answers, and, like I’ve heard and read so many times…when the student is ready, the teachers will appear. In The back of the book there are a few blank pages for notes, I would recommend that you take note of the teachers I mention throughout the book and have a look at their books and the other tools they have to help you on your journey, like they’ve done for me on my own journey. I would also recommend that you try out the things I’ve learnt and shared in the book, put them into practice and see if they help you in anyway, what do you have to lose? So…without any further a-due…this is my journey of waking up to myself - of waking up to who I really am. I hope you can get something out of it