Dedication

In loving memory of

唐荡涯

Tang DangYa

1922 – 2008

A truly inspiring gentleman

Thank you to:

Pam and Graham for the help and assistance when times were challenging.

Nicole for her patience and understanding with the editing.

To all the clients I have had the privilege of working with.

A special thank you to Tania for her continued love and support throughout this project.

Introduction

Welcome to “Empowerment of One”. This book has been written to assist you to find your own truth and purpose as you journey through this time frame called life. I will not tell you what you must do - rather, I will offer you some tools and some different perspectives. It is purely your choice how and if you apply them. As you venture through the following pages, the only request I have is for you to be open to the information before you. There is no wrong or right way, only choices. Each choice will produce different circumstances, and within these different circumstances lay further choices. One of the keys is to understand this, and therefore to become liberated through your choices.

Have you ever had an inner yearning - a sense that there is something else you should be doing or could be achieving? A deeper awareness that there is something more, yet it seems too distant or intangible? Perhaps a different way you should be living your life but you haven’t been able to put the pieces together. Maybe you are waiting for luck or divine intervention to lead you to where you should be going. Or even more simply there is a void and you are unsure how to fill it.

Empowerment of One is about helping you to identify some of the difficulties you may be having, and offering you some alternatives so that you can improve your quality of life.

At this point, you might be wondering how I can help you when I don’t even know you. Good question. I want you to be objective. You are a wonderful individual with many attributes that make you unique, these you should hold on to and cherish. Yet there are certain core elements of your humanity, your actions, belief structures that are very similar and that may in fact be controlling you. These are the elements I am interested in, especially if they are holding you back from achieving your goals or aspirations.

I have been a practitioner assisting people to find their own truths for over seventeen years, and I know that there are many forms of uniqueness, as well as many similarities. Perhaps one day in the future it will be possible to meet with you and discuss these very topics, but until such a time I hope this book will be a valuable tool to guide you to your dreams.

As you venture through this text different forms of awareness will come to the fore. This is a good thing. However, if you get stuck at anytime, I suggest you take a break and come back to that section once you feel ready to move on. The pace you set as you read is also purely gauged by yourself. The book is structured in such a way as different chapters unlock different areas and there is a specific format in which it has been written, once again set your own pace. You may need to read over certain parts a few times to understand and grasp the true context. Please take your time and savour the experiences.

This book is not about control, to the contrary it is about freedom of choice and the responsibility that is attached to it. The reason this book is not about control is because most of your life you have been controlled by a wide variety of people. Your life has been controlled and cleverly manipulated in order to establish and maintain conformity. The words I write may be challenging to some religious, political, legal and other organizations in which control is a vital part of their existence. This is ok. In fact, those who most object to this information will be the “controllers” - those who have the most to lose. Yes, you guessed it, control over you. I understand the need for some rules and regulations and I condone those rules that best serve humanity. What I am concerned about is how the rules are made and enforced and why are they in place. In general, the more rules, the less freedom there is for an individual, and thus less self-empowerment.

My purpose is not to slander any organization. Rather it is to explore new approaches to altering behavioural patterns that may be holding you back from your real life’s purpose. A freedom you may have long yearned for yet was not quite attainable, or you felt it was not quite within your grasp. Empowerment of One is about awareness, clarity and inner freedom. Enjoy exploring these words as they unfold new and adventurous territory. It is your life and it is entirely up to you what you do with it. Enjoy the journey.