Today’s blog post is a post I wrote over two years ago.
I wrote it to address the spiritual bypassing I was seeing at that time, but I wanted to repost it today because the CORE message is very timely:
We can’t create awake societies if we are not awake.
By awake, I don’t only mean that we know or have insights into higher dimensions or that we are seeing through things that are happening beyond the surface in our societies.
I mean that we are awake on the inside – because that is where the real change begins.
We can’t create a different world from the same old state of consciousness. If we want to create the new paradigm that many of us see and envision, we must create it from a different state of consciousness.
The new earth and the new paradigm exist on a completely different vibration – and if it is to become a reality in the physical world, it requires us to evolve into and live in that vibration – the new and higher consciousness.
A lot of what is happening now in the name of spirituality and truth is not behavior that comes from the awakened state. It comes from hostility and “we and them”-thinking.
If we have to tear another person down verbally or attack them or their views in the name of truth, it does not come from higher consciousness. It comes from the ego, and the ego will create more of the same.
So, even if what we say is true, it will not make a difference on the ultimate level even if the changes we are fighting for were to occur – not as long as we are still acting from the same old consciousness that created what we are fighting against.
If we don’t change our state of consciousness, we will create more of the same.
The new consciousness can be direct, firm, and even angry. It can act with power and clarity.
But there is a clear and whole energy behind it that doesn’t create more suffering in the world.
Of course, it’s a lot easier to write that angry comment or blame everything on those who don’t see what we see or don’t understand what we are coming from than to stop and look at ourselves and why we are willing to verbally attack another human being in the name of truth.
It’s harder to stop and look at and ask ourselves why we put so much energy into blaming those who see something else instead of using our energy to create the changes we envision, to listen within, or put our energy where it can be of real use instead of in meaningless hostility toward those with different opinions.
True change starts within.
If we want to live in awake societies, it requires us to be awake.
There is no way around that.
Here is my old blog post:
We can’t create awake societies if we are not awake
I am usually encouraging when I write or speak, and I prefer looking at the possibilities rather than life’s obstacles and hardships. That enables me to move through the difficulties and challenges I encounter with relative ease. I know that life is and can be difficult, but there is also a lot of joy, possibilities, and freedom that comes with being free internally and choosing what to focus on.
And I am optimistic not only about things in my own life but also about the larger matters of existence. I have faith in humanity’s ability to go through the process of evolution we are in right now as we move from the old to a new state of consciousness. We have the opportunity to go through this shift collectively, evolve as a species and make this shift a reality in our physical world.
I trust in our ability to evolve and create new awakened ways of living, even in our external world. I have seen that it is possible in my own life. But, of course, that is on a micro level; on a macro level, it takes more collective effort. But I know it is possible.
At the same time, we can’t get there only by optimism or focusing on the positive, possibility, love, and light. We must also look at what is not all that bright in our lives.
Facing reality
So, let’s face a harsher reality for a moment.
I am going to be a bit straightforward here. And it is all out of love.
This process is not called evolution for no reason. It is not a change that will happen by doing five minutes of meditation a day (sorry), focusing on positive affirmations, or attending a retreat here and there.
Of course, that is often better than no meditation, affirmations, or retreats. They are an excellent way to start the journey and great tools on our way. But then, if those five minutes a day, or the retreats or affirmations, are to turn into twenty-four hours a day of living in a new state of consciousness, many more changes need to be made. Period.
So, I love when we talk about possibilities, encourage each other, and focus on new options, the light, the new state, peace, and harmony. But to get to the point when we live here, we must look at all areas of our lives. So it is not enough to have spirituality as a practice, look at the bright side of things, or change our lifestyle into something that appears more spiritual on the outside.
We must also see what is not all that bright and not for the highest good, not only in our external environment, such as our societies, but also within ourselves and our personal lives. That is where it all begins.
We must be relentlessly willing to look at ourselves, our thoughts, emotions, reactions, and behaviors without excusing, explaining, or diminishing them in any way.
We need to be willing to see what we have not seen and become aware of our part in what is happening in our lives and societies. That is a crucial part of the evolution process and the first step toward change.
We can only create awake societies if we are awake
As the title states, we can only create new awake societies if we are awake. So, if we are not, it doesn’t matter if we call what we are working toward a new earth, a new spiritual paradigm, or if we use some other lovely concept to describe it.
The universe doesn’t care about what appears spiritual or what words we use. The universe cares about humanity’s evolution from the old to the new state of consciousness.
The universe wants us to awaken, or more accurately stated, it wants to awaken through us, as us.
How do I know that? I know it in myself.
And for that to occur, we need to free ourselves, leave the old state behind, and start anew from a new level of understanding, a new state of being.
So, we can wear all the spiritual clothes we want, read all the books, and preach all the concepts and teachings without embodying and living what we read or preach. It is ultimately not about what we say or do but the state of consciousness from which it is all coming.
There is a difference between being spiritual and awake.
Of course, a person who is into spirituality and is seen as a spiritual person can be awake. But the terms, the way I use them here, are not synonymous; they are not referring to the same thing. One is a person into spirituality, and the other is someone living the awakened state.
So, what matters is if we live in the new state, and are awake in all areas of our lives. That means from our inner state to how we are in our closest relationships, in all encounters with all people we meet, everywhere, at all times.
And if not, we need to be open to looking at where and why we are not and ask ourselves what is in the way. The answers are there if we are willing to listen. But it is not a quick fix; it requires a lot of inner and outer work and a relentless willingness to see the truth.
The truth will set us free. Behind those truths are freedom, the joy of being, and the end of suffering. There, we find the enormous relief of not having to carry around the past anymore, the relief of being free to live and act in new unconditioned ways, and the ability to see a new reality and be part of creating a new world for ourselves and others.
But for that to happen, an old version of ourselves has to fall away as we give birth to a new one. And collectively, our old systems have to fall away to be replaced by something new (without violence on our part).
That is how we create the new paradigm.
