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Gilbert Ross | RiseEarth
If one had to look for a common point of departure amongst many spiritual traditions, I think that it has to be the idea of the embodied spirit. In other words – the idea that we are essentially spiritual beings embodied in a magnificent bio-physical machine on a short experiential trip to the physical third dimensional world.
One can take an angle shot of this and see our waking consciousness (our thoughts, self image, desires, etc) as being only a small fragment of the whole spectrum of Self despite the illusion that what we see, think or feel is all there is and it’s the only reality. We forgot who we are. It’s like we were flashed with one of the memory erasers in Men in Black and made to forget a good chunk about ourselves before incarnating in this world. Tragic-comical but true!
The path to spiritual awakening is in fact characterised by a recognition of Self, a remembrance of who we really are. It is the transcending beyond the ego-consciousness and exiting the matrix so to speak. It is bypassing that default override setting of the waking consciousness which filters out the deeper implicit knowledge from our multidimensional consciousness. It is of course also called awakening because we awake from the illusion, the dream and the sleep-walking from years of enculturation and biological constraints.
But what is the awakening Self? As any other metaphysical concept, it is difficult to explain unambiguously in one shot. It is best to describe its effects or manifestations. Sometimes it’s easier to explain what a thing does than what it is. Here are some anecdotes that draws a rounder picture of what it means to experience a spiritual awakening:
1) Feeling your life rekindled with a new found passion
When you start recognizing yourself for who you truly are, it becomes more evident how the consensual reality you have shared with others is inauthentic and serves you very little purpose. You no longer need to follow goals or benchmarks set by society and culture – you set your own goals and dreams. You are no longer a fragmented automaton in a pre-programmed social matrix but a free complete individual on the path to self-actualization. You start aligning to your life purpose and true potential. You start doing things that drive you and which you are passionate about. Your worldview changes together with your values and how you prioritize them.
You feel your life is rekindled with a new found passion because you understand the value of living life your way and the freedom to do so.
2) Aware of fresh new opportunities – The Abundance Mindset
Your awakening Self is not longer a victim of misinformation and fear fed by the mass media and regurgitated by people around you.
You are no longer tranced by the narrative replayed by the dominating culture. You have seen beyond all that.
The culturally transmitted fears, ‘values’ and limiting beliefs start becoming a thing of the past. They do not hold you down anymore. You start becoming acquainted with the infinite and the abundant. Your horizons expand by a thousandfold.
You see abundance, opportunity and infinite possibilities where before you only saw scarcity and a future closing down on you. You awareness expands and you can now see opportunities pop out at you as shining beacons of light.
3) Start Mastering the energies within and without
A true master of the Self is a master of the energies within and around.
This is probably one of the most powerful manifestations of the awakening Self. We are mostly unaware and unconscious of these energies. Through the awakening of the Self, you become very sensitive of otherwise imperceptible forces and energies such as those coming from thoughts, intentions (yours and others), emotions, the body, your environment and your psyche.
Negative emotions and thoughts or limiting beliefs, for example, create blockages in the flow of energy. Same thing if you surround yourself with negative people. Removing energy blocks and working harmoniously with them is the crucial first step for the awakening of the Self.