Awakening: the process that is here and now

Mention to anyone that Awakening is a process and our gurus shoot you down. ‘How dare you,’ they scream, ‘the here and now is all you ever get; you are That!’ Well, we are, but stumbling on the ‘That’ is only and instant eye opener for a few. For the majority of us, like yours truly as well, Awakening is experienced as a process.

Why is that exactly? We have been brainwashed believing for eons that the outside world is external to us. The ‘self’ that we carry around is conditioned by our upbringing, the spirit of our time (zeitgeist) and our ancestors. It’s not easy to leave these foreign influences to our true nature behind. Even the snake needs a little time to shed its skin.

The first step in the Awakening process is to realize that the outer world is an expression of our inner state. I learnt that when I noticed that the music playing on the radio always reflected my inner realities somehow; feelings that the music helped me to open up to; even alerting me to things to come. Naturally, there are countless spirit messengers.

The second step is to realize that the self is a fluid concept. We can slip out of it whenever we so choose. Inside, we can be one with the Light. On the outside, we can perceive Oneness whenever we so choose. The mind downloads That; our spiritual eyes sees It, and our heart emits and feels It. Awakening is a process that is here and now.