Agents of Clarity

By Jim Koury, Seeker of Inspirational Forces
© 2014 James R. Koury.  All Rights Reserved.

We are all born into this world with a roadmap of our existence and evolution through life buried inside.  It is buried inside ourselves because it is the safest place to store such valuable information since it is the last place we look for the answers to all our existential questions.

Until we are ready to breach that sacredly placed seal guarding this internal roadmap we are simply agents of our non-awakened state. Our consciousness has not yet begun to be the engine that propels us forward to the point where we begin to question who we are and why we are here.

Once this happens there is no turning back.  It is like a genie that has been encapsulated inside their bottle awaiting the time when someone removes the seal of their prison and allows them to escape from their captivity.  Once free the genie will not voluntarily return to their solitary state guarded by the protective seal retaining them within.

When we begin our journeys of awakened consciousness people are placed in our paths who are meant to guide us and help us along on our path of life to discover our true purpose.  They are agents of clarity.  Such agents offer us advice and see a perspective we cannot see of a situation since they have a key to enter the sphere of consciousness that many are not privy to.

Who are these agents of clarity?  In my case it has been spiritual individuals who were presented to me in somewhat dire times when I needed help getting beyond myself and my ego based state of consciousness.

My first exposure to a spiritualist was back in my late 20’s when I was living in the Capital District.  I was involved in a business opportunity with some folks whose mother had psychic abilities.  I remember being at her house once and she sat me down and looked very seriously into my eyes and stated, “The hand of God is on you.”

Of course I thought she was crazy and buried what she said inside.  However, she got me thinking about things a bit and from that point on I always wanted to sit with her and discuss my future.  I was always afraid to do so since I feared she would tell me things I didn’t want to hear.

My second instance was during a time of deeply intense self-doubt driven by fear and worry.  I was in a very dark place mentally but never showed that outwardly – or at least I didn’t think I did.  I was in a period of very stressful financial challenges  and some other things that just wreaked havoc on my ability to make fully informed decisions.

Then one night while in the Gay.com chat rooms, a dude from Albany IM’d me and we started chatting. He told me he sensed within himself that he should reach out to me to say hi and had some inkling that there were issues adversely impacting me that I might need help with.

He ultimately put me in contact with an amazing spiritually based woman who I shall be forever indebted.  She made me aware of aspects of myself that forever changed me and how I viewed the world.  She began to help me shape and mold my true world view as per that hidden deep inside on the roadmap of our lives.  She took the protective seal off and ignited my drive toward self-excellence and to seek answers about me inside myself, where they have always been.

I am currently entrusting my spiritual path to yet another remarkable person that has helped me make more recent life’s decisions.  She has also given me the encouragement to trust my intuition much more and to listen to my gut, as that is where universal power resides and provides its input on important decisions that need to be made.

My path has also crossed with a few other agents of clarity that impacted the way I view the world around me.  They provided their unique, keen insight into who I am and why I do some of the things I do.  Their ability to access spiritual records has provided focus which I did not have before and have given me a better understanding of my personality and what makes me tick.

All of these people have made me realize that the feelings we have in our gut are real and should be listened to.  Sometimes we ignore our gut feelings only to realize later that we should have paid more attention to them.  It is when we begin to rely on our instincts and our gut feelings unconditionally and without question that a whole new dimension is added to our consciousness because we trusted ourselves fully and completely.

Consequences of Self-Revelation

By Jim Koury, Seeker of Inspirational Forces
© 2014 James R. Koury.  All Rights Reserved.

Change and evolution is difficult and challenges us to make decisions about ourselves that we know must be made but are afraid to make; decisions that will allow us to venture forth into uncharted territory that has no path to choose from.  It is a journey that is destined and meant for each of us.

Life is a series of choices.  The choices we make bring us to where we are in life, good or bad.  The final journey to join with our higher selves is one that does require a choice.  What is different is that the only other choice is simply “no.”  Some choices lead us in a new, maybe undesired direction away from our ultimate existence.  Choosing not to venture forth in this instance will not sway the journey’s end at one's ultimate state.  It will simply defer it to a later date.

Self-revelation is necessary to get us to make decisions to move forward toward reunification with our higher selves.  We go through many periods of self-revelation in our life’s journey.  They are the periods where we begin to take the next flight of stairs up to the next threshold, trepidatiously placing our feet on that first step.  On our journeys we must willingly and unabashedly share the experiences learned despite consequences of self-revelation beyond the confines of one's own mind.

What are the “consequences of self-revelation?”  They are the end results that are achieved due to a transition through a period of self-revelation.  It is that which we must share with others in order to assist them in their life’s journeys.

In our journeys to the end result of ultimate existence as shaped by our higher selves, the path may have been riddled with some actions that could, if revealed, be very embarrassing, and/or create a sense of shame and regret within ourselves.  These are our “I should not have done that” or the “if only I could go back in time and do something differently” times of our life. We all have them and we must embrace the consequences of verbalizing these moments and share them regardless.

Hiding the adverse realities of our past only create conflict within us.  They serve no purpose to be harbored deep inside us.  They must be freed along with the good realities that shaped our existence to help others.  Not doing so could result in anguishing self-torment and in the worst case lead to a self-inflicted death.

One of my periods of anguishing torment was my time in my dark closet.  I never would want to re-enter such a repressive and negative existence.  One moment in particular during my days in the closet almost led me to that fatal decision to end it all and put my Earthly journey to rest.  I was at a point where I thought I just did not have the strength to continue and overcome the challenge creating the feelings of hopelessness and despair.

In the end, after wandering for a long time after that particular instance, perseverance and an invisible guiding hand led me through the darkness.  I came to the realization that I needed to take the action I knew I had to take to escape the abysmal place I was in and came out and began to shape a brave new world focused on the real me and not the me others thought that I should be.

What is your brave new world?  Are you willing to endure moments of intense and often agonizing moments of self-revelation that could have potentially dire effects to get to your brave new world?  Make the decision to not fear the consequences of self-revelation.  The power to make this decision is within us all.  Don’t give your power away.  Use it to your benefit and rise above your current level of consciousness and enter the light of your brave new world that has been molded and shaped by your higher self.