I Am Sufficient - The Second Defining Statement
Item Number: b000-100
ISBN: 1-894802-00-4

Summary
The following is an excerpt from the second chapter of The Wonders' first book, " The Defining Statements Of Existence ," (ISBN: 1-894802-00-4) in which The Wonders have given us six statements that define existence throughout every dimension of reality including our own. The Wonders encourage us to observe our sufficiency in every moment so that we may alter our existence and continue our journey of self-discovery.

Excerpt:
Greetings.

The statement, "I Am Sufficient," is a statement that will alter and shift the reality of your existence, if you but begin to observe it.

Now, what does it mean to be sufficient? View it from this perspective. The fisherman who catches only one fish is sufficient. The fisherman who catches one million fish is sufficient. The hooker down the street is sufficient. The priest is sufficient. The minister is sufficient. The politician is sufficient. The poor man walking on the streets, sleeping on the street is sufficient. The individual, the housewife, the son, the daughter, the father – all are sufficient. Viewed from that perspective, there is not an insufficiency that exists in any one. Yet most individuals spend a great deal of their existence attempting to understand their insufficiencies, rather than observing their sufficiencies.

They view themselves not from the perspective of sufficient, but rather from the perspective of insufficient. They look at themselves and say, "I'm not as good as. I can't do this, I can't do that. I can't think, I can't read, I can't accomplish, I can't speak. I can't, I can't, I can't." The phrase "I can't" becomes their mantra, in effect. They spend the majority of their existence telling themselves what they cannot do, accomplish or become and at no time do they examine and observe that which they can do – that which they are.

As a result, they never discover their sufficiency. They never discover that, in a certain set of circumstances or a given situation, regardless of the circumstance or situation, they have the talents, the abilities, the awareness and the wherewithal to interact with that circumstance or situation in a fashion that is beneficial for themselves.

Sufficient means there is nothing lacking. That all that is needed exists. It is complete. It is whole. It is absolute. It is without lack, without denigration, without reduction. It is total. And, from that perspective therefore, it could be said, it is love.

When you observe yourselves as sufficient regardless of the moment or the response that you observe, you will recognize that you, dear friends, are sufficient. That you have the total of all necessity in the moment. And that you are the total of that necessity. You don't lack. You're not missing. There's nothing to denigrate. There's nothing that does not apply.

Therefore, dear friends, when you find yourselves angry, instead of seeing yourselves as "less than" because anger exists within you, instead of reflecting on your anger as being something that is lacking within yourselves, instead of using the anger as a way of denigrating not just others but also yourself, may we suggest that you observe your sufficiency in the moment. Recognize how sufficient you are. That you have anger, true. That it forms part of that which you are in that moment, true. But that does not reduce you. It does not eliminate from you. It does not denigrate you. For in truth, in that very instant when you are hotly angry, ready to rip another person's head off with your words or actions, you are sufficient.

This statement that is given to you is a statement that has no limits. It isn't designed for you as ego-personalities to say to yourselves, "In this situation, I am sufficient. In that situation, I'm not quite as sufficient. And that individual over there, well, he's not sufficient at all." We assure you, this is not what it is designed to do. For in truth, once you've observed how sufficient you are, regardless of the circumstances of your existence, you will also recognize the sufficiency of another. All are sufficient.

This statement will alter your existence. It will alter the way you move through your existence. And those of you reading this book, we assure you that the moment that the statement was made to you and that you began to observe it, you were on a journey that was unable to be altered. In other words, you were on an unalterable journey of self-discovery.

And why not? Why not discover how sufficient you are in the moment? Why not discover how sufficient you are in relationships? Why not discover how sufficient you are at playing tennis, badminton, hockey, baseball, softball, pinochle, chess? Why not discover how sufficient you are at work, doing whatever you do as a work environment? Why not discover how sufficient you are simply sitting on top of a mountain and gazing at your navel? For then too, you are sufficient.

Being sufficient – the statement, "I Am Sufficient" – is not about going out and doing, for you are sufficient in the doing. It is not about going out and being, for you are sufficient in the being. It does not take sides. It does not define and limit the self. It expands and broadens the perspective of the self. Begin to allow yourselves the opportunity to discover your sufficiency, dear friends, and you will recognize that it is through choice that you limit your perspective of your sufficiency. Your choice – not another's choice. It is through your choice that you limit your perspective of your sufficiency.

And we repeat this again – it is through your choice that you limit your perspective of your sufficiency. Hear the words carefully, dear friends. When you see yourself as "not quite as good as," then you limit your perspective of your sufficiency. When you see another as being "not quite as good as," then you limit your perspective of your sufficiency.

Notice we said your sufficiency. We didn't say another's. When you judge another, you limit your perspective of your sufficiency. When you judge anything, animate or inanimate, with yourself, by yourself, you limit your perspective of your sufficiency. View it from this perspective. You're walking through the forest.

Trees surround you – evergreens, maples, elms, birch trees – they all surround you. Leaves are on the forest floor. Squirrels, mice, rabbits, deer – all live in the forest. As you walk through the forest, you find yourself unable to appreciate your surroundings. You find yourself uneasy. Fear begins to set in. What if there are bears? What if there are wolves? How would you deal with them?

At that point, you've begun to observe your insufficiency not your sufficiency. For you begin to doubt yourself. You begin to judge yourself by judging your surroundings. For, if it be truly observed, you would recognize, dear friends, that, regardless of circumstances – whether there were bears surrounding you, or wolves, or anything else – you are sufficient. You would recognize that that which you are is sufficient to deal with the circumstances presented to you.

When you view yourself from that perspective, you begin to set fear aside. For there can be no perspective of sufficiency where fear exists. Fear reduces the perspective of sufficiency and moves it to a perspective of insufficiency. We assure you, for you to see yourself as "I Am Sufficient," you will begin to set aside the fears that limit, control and reduce your existence.