Best-selling author, international speaker and a sought-after facilitator, Gary Douglas is known for his intensity of awareness and his incredible capacity to facilitate people to ‘know what they know’. He chooses to embody consciousness in everything that he does which inspires others to choose to become more conscious as a result.
Gary came with an exceptional level of awareness into the Midwest middle class ‘white bread’ family and lived the ‘Leave it to Beaver’ childhood. He has a very different view on life and realized that he was so different from most of the people he knew when he was only six years old. He became aware of this difference by watching people create their lives and seeing that none of it was about the joy and the possibilities – it was always about the wrongness of everything. Gary knew there had to be more than this reality was offering since there was nothing about it that was magical, joyful or expansive. So, he began seeking deeper awareness to life’s mysteries at an early age. Along the way he uncovered a new way forward- one that would create change in the world and in people’s lives. He discovered that magic is all around us; it’s something we create – its consciousness. He recognized that the capacity to be more aware and more conscious was every person’s gift if they were willing to choose it.
Over time what he recognised as the gift he was, was his intensity of awareness and his capacity to invite people to consciousness and to recognise that everything is possible and nothing is impossible. His gift is his ability to look at life, the universe and the consciousness that we all are, as well as the possibilities that are an intrinsic part of it from a space that no one else has ever chosen.
Empowering people to see different possibilities
Gary has become an internationally recognized thought leader in transforming lives and creating different choices – willing to empower people to see different possibilities and to recognize what is truly possible for them. Gary is acknowledged worldwide for his unique perspectives on personal transformation that is unlike anything else in the world. He is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. Through his writing and workshops, he gifts processes and tools that bring within reach the ease, joy and glory of life, and the magic of happiness that expand into more awareness, joy and abundance. His simple yet profound teachings have already facilitated countless people throughout the world to ‘know what they know’ and to realize what they can choose that they never realised they could choose.
At the core of his teachings lies the transformation of consciousness
After recognising that greater consciousness in people can change the direction of their lives and the future of the planet, the creation and expansion of Access Consciousness by Gary has been primarily driven by a single question, “What can I do to help the world?”
He continues to inspire others, inviting the awareness of a different possibility across the world and making an immense contribution to the planet. He facilitates people to know that they are the source for creating the change they desire and creating a life that goes beyond the limitations of what the rest of the world thinks is important. He sees this as an essential aspect to creating a future that has greater possibilities in it for everyone as well as the planet. This is a priority not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violent conflict endemic on our planet and creating a different world. If enough people choose to be more aware and more conscious, they will start to see the possibilities of what they have available to them and change what is occurring here on planet earth.
Gary’s Story
I realized I was different when I was six years old.
People would ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
I’d say, “Happy.”
They’d say, “No, no, no son. What do you want to be when you grow up?”
I’d say, “Happy.”
They’d say, “No, no, no. Do you want to be a doctor or a lawyer or an Indian chief?”
I’d say, “Yeah, as long as I’m happy.”
Unlike most of the people I knew, I wanted to be happy. I became aware of this difference by watching people create their lives and seeing that none of it was about the joy and the possibilities – it was always about the wrongness of everything. I found it crazy. I didn’t understand. I tried to function from unhappiness but I just wasn’t good at it! Why would you choose unhappiness?
I began exploring consciousness and energy in 1990 after realizing that I wasn’t happy with my life. My life seemed like a series of endless daily routines and even though I’d had the cars, I’d had the houses, and I’d had the success, I had also reached a point where none of it meant anything to me. I started to become aware of just how unhappy I really was even though everything appeared great on the outside. Everything that was considered valuable in this reality, I had – and it still wasn’t enough.
I began to look for some answers and that led me down some interesting paths! I tried lots of metaphysical and spiritual practices but they only worked for about 3 days and then my life would go back to the same old thing. I had tried everything and it just didn’t work for me. It was at this point that I started wondering what I could be aware of that I wasn’t currently willing to be aware of? I knew there had to be another possibility. Life, as I was experiencing it, was a lot of hard work, a lot of effort, a lot of trauma, drama, upset and intrigue – and not very much joy. I knew there had to be more to life or else there was no reason to be alive. There had to be more than this reality was offering because there was nothing about it that was magical, joyful or expansive. So I started asking myself what else was possible beyond all of this?
It wasn’t long before I realized that the magic, ease, and exuberant expression of living that I was seeking are all around us: it’s the choices we make, it’s everything we create, and it’s consciousness. Even though some amazing things had shown up in my life as soon as I asked for them, I didn’t see the magic I had created.
Since that time, I’ve learned to think differently about the universe and the consciousness and the oneness that we all are, and the possibilities that are an intrinsic part of it. In so doing, I’ve been able to make some tremendous changes in my life and help other people make changes in theirs as well.
I made a choice that the tools and processes we use with Access Consciousness® must be pragmatic, applicable to life, and must allow anyone and everyone to make their life work.
My target is to create more consciousness in every aspect of my life. I create my life with more ease and joy than anyone I know by knowing what my target is. My choices aren’t based on what is right or wrong according to this reality. They are based on what will create the most consciousness. I am always asking, “How will this create more consciousness?” As a result, my life keeps getting better, and better, and better, and better, and better, and better, and better!
My point of view is that you need to be looking to create something that is going to augment and expand the future, not something that is going to destroy it. I would like to create a future that has greater possibilities in it for everyone as well as for the planet, and that is what Access Consciousness® is about.
Now, with an understanding of the true possibilities of life, happiness is real.