Despite some of the complex spiritual material I write about, my philosophy on life and spirituality is simple. I think we should all just live, love and learn to come together without fighting over our differences.

I think life would be a lot simpler if we could see beyond the differences we’ve convinced ourselves we should fight over, and the first step is to search for love and satisfaction not in our external reality, but in our hearts. Once we look deep within and find love for ourselves and the people around us, we can start working to make the world a better place. We can lead others by the example we set, and we can help them see that along with unity, an open, peaceful mind (and heart) really is possible.

I think we’d all benefit from a little exercise and meditation now and then, because it feels good to get the body moving and it feels better to get the spirit moving through it. I don’t try to force this outlook on anyone, but if you ask me about it, I’ll tell you all about how it’s benefitted me personally. In my opinion, a lot of the unnecessary violence and devastation we experience on a daily basis would be eradicated if the world were taught meditation, and instead of wanting to kill each other, we might start wanting to love each other.

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By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

I’ve been struggling with low consciousness habits and tendencies that are keeping me from living a creative, heart-centered lifestyle, and they’re bringing with them a dull, negative outlook on life that can be hard to escape.

I notice that I feel better when I write, play music or express myself in another way, but the problem has been finding the motivation to actually do those things. I don’t know how the evolutionary process is playing out for all of you right now, but I’m being forced to confront everything about myself that’s holding me back and making it difficult to approach my work with any kind of enthusiasm.

I’m realizing that I won’t be able to continue with this work if I don’t make some serious inner changes, because my low consciousness habits are causing me to feel depressed, unmotivated to work and unsure that I’m even helping anyone or doing anything significant. The mail I receive from all of you convinces me otherwise, but battling these negative thoughts and feelings can be difficult.

By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

Here, I’d like to examine some material from Jiddu Krishnamurti about experience and transcending the mind’s conditioning, which has kept all of us from connecting with our essence at one point or another. As he’ll tell us here, external experience is one of many things that reinforces our sense of separation from our higher consciousness, and we have to do away with our attachment to it if we want to leave the realm of the mind.

We don’t have to be ruled by the desire to gain experiences, and the conditioned mind seems to require certain experiences before it can find temporary peace. It’s never really at peace, but it’s peaceful for a moment when we have fun or enjoyable experiences.

Depending on what we’re doing, the mind doesn’t seem very active when we enjoy ourselves. In that moment, we aren’t being conditioned to want or need something before we can be happy, because we’re already having fun. The moment our enjoyment is taken away, the mind will go right back to needing things or experiences to be happy.

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By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

Every moment is crucial when you’re in the midst of a personal transformation. You’ll want to observe your thoughts, emotions and actions in every moment to determine if there’s anything keeping you from being an example of true, lasting inner change, and there might be times when negativity erupts out of you, increasing your guilt and making you feel like you can’t achieve your goals.

Plenty of spiritual teachers will tell you that anger’s necessary on the enlightenment path, and true understanding comes when we’re open to everything this life has for us – the good, the bad, and whatever comes in between. Negativity seems avoidable sometimes, and while there are a precious few people who are enlightened or emotionally trained enough to never get angry, most of us will confront it at one point despite how far we are along the path.

In fact, we might occasionally fall into old habits we thought we were done with, and if we do, it’ll be a lesson that we’re never really over them. Until we’re in a much higher state of consciousness, we run the risk of falling back into them if we aren’t careful. This, among plenty of other reasons, is why constant mindfulness is helpful.

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By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

In a time when humanity is socially and spiritually evolving, believing in ourselves is more crucial than ever. We have to have faith and confidence in ourselves, even if the rest of society puts us down, because we’re here to help the world come together, transform our society and find the higher state of consciousness that’s seemed nonexistent for millennia. It’s been here the whole time, but we’ve been conditioned to forget about it.

Even if you don’t believe in ascension or any other spiritual concepts, believing in yourself is still crucial. Let’s say you aren’t a very spiritual person, but you have a deeply rooted desire to expose and bring down the corrupt elite. You won’t be able to contribute anything significant if you don’t have enough confidence in yourself to believe you can, but increasing your self-confidence will enable you to enthusiastically contribute instead of hiding in the shadows for the sake of comfort.