This arrived in a quiet space this morning. Isn’t it irritating when Truth comes through and completely messes up all your previous writings?
There’s really no such thing as “spiritual awakening.” Spirit doesn’t go to sleep—so it can’t wake up. It’s always here, always present, always aware. Infinite. Unchanging. What we often call a spiritual awakening is just the mind stepping out of the way for a moment—like clouds drifting off a clear sky.
It’s not that a person wakes up. That idea—that there’s a separate someone who becomes enlightened—is just another illusion. It comes from taking the ego’s story too seriously.
If we turn spiritual awakening into some big event or goal, we’re setting ourselves up for confusion or disappointment. The truth is, there’s no journey to Spirit. It’s not something we can reach or earn. It’s what we already are.
So what do we do with all this talk about waking up or progressing on the path?
Instead of chasing some future version of ourselves, we can return to the truth of what we are now—whole, complete, and deeply connected. Practices like meditation, prayer, and self-inquiry don’t get us there; they help us remember we’re already there.
And in that remembering, the illusion of separation starts to fade. The need to “become” anything drops away. What’s left is the quiet, steady presence we’ve always been.