2020 was challenging, and 2021 was also a challenging year for many people. I imagine some of you are reading this post for hopeful predictions for 2022 and the years to come.
Let me save you some time; This spiritual awakening post and blog is about surrendering to the now. Here is the awakened/conscious awareness.
I originally wrote this post for the first time in 2012. There was another kind of excitement going on then. It was defined by hope. People were excited by the idea of peace, love and harmony sweeping through all of humanity in one fell swoop. However, people did what they normally do, which is to look for an external event to make life better. Yes, in 2012 many spiritual quests, techniques and journeys were the newest sugar pill. Take two and you’ll feel better in the morning; the unconscious ego always seeks fulfillment outside of itself. And of course nothing has really changed.
Now that 2021 is ending, people are hoping differently. They hope to return to a sense of normalcy and ultimately safety. But security is an illusion, and there is a deeper path available to you if you have the courage to take it.
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Going within for a timeless event
Here is the great truth about awakened space: it is timeless. The awakened presence within you is always there in the moment. You can’t get it and you can’t lose it.
Well, that might sound counter to what I’m blogging about, but what this blog is actually discussing is dissolving all attachments and illusions who awakens hide consciousness. So the spiritual person on this path is not trying to reach consciousness. They learn to let go of their ego that is distracted by illusions and attachments.
For this blog, I define a spiritual awakening as a sustained movement toward ego dissolution. The ego is a lens that distorts reality, and awakened energy clears that lens to allow one to view life with pure awareness – no filters, no distortions. Awakening does this independently of the person, and it does it intelligently.
Or maybe it could be better said that something changes in a person and the person no longer wants to put the energy that they once put into their ego. Since an ego is a constant state of action to remember who you are, it must fall away when you stop energizing it. And sometimes people just stop and the reality emerges.
In general, a spiritual awakening like the one I am describing is rare, but it is also a serious urge to become conscious. The latter can and should be cultivated.
How to become more spiritually aware
Remain as consciousness
We are still human
Even if someone awakens, they are still human. Awakening doesn’t erase all problems, but it seems like many people believe it will. That’s partly why the fuss we had around 2012 was particularly silly. I think many people assumed that all of humanity’s troubles would be flushed out of this world by the end of this year. I was certainly open to that possibility.
But the prediction I made at the end of that year was this: we would all still be human.
And that was the truth . We all still have attachments. We all still make mistakes. We love. We get angry. We get scared. We mourn because all of this is part of the great tapestry of human life. It is a part of the whole, and the awakened space takes no precedence over any part.
It is all sacred.
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The Great Hope for a Better World
In previous updates to this post, I have suggested that if there is a great hope for a more conscious global human society, it is you. Yes you. You are the only one responsible for you no matter what year it is or what vortex opens. You are the only one who can hug you all. If you don’t do this, no one else will. If you don’t choose to live life from a conscious state, no one else will. There is no time to wait for someone else or for a wave of global awakening energy to sweep you into a better or “perfect” life (whatever that means to you).
But this is it 2021 in which I’m updating and I would suspect the global transformation to be a little less interesting. You’re probably hoping for a world that’s a little less scared, and a world with less social tension and shouting.
The Awakening won’t give you that.
Rather, you can go within and learn to dissolve your ego that is frightening you. Despite all the outer ups and downs, most of the suffering people experience is self-inflicted. This is a humbling realization in and of itself. But if you accept that, then you can work on letting go of your ego.
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Thank God 2021 is over
When 2012 was over, people moved on. 2013 came and then it went. Other years have come and gone. The foundations of our humanity have remained largely unchanged, and Western culture seems intent on cultivating in humans a kind of hyper-individualism, constant striving and action, a sedentary lifestyle, and selfishness. These traits do not bode well for what will become of human civilization, and depending on when you are reading this, they will be here when 2022 is over. Specific societal challenges such as disease may shift, but certain cultural trends are increasing.
So while many people want to thank God, the universe or whoever that 2020 and now 2021 is over, there is much more fundamental problems at the social level.
Yet consciousness encompasses them all. We can be where we are and do what we want. That is the nature of freedom.
Even though we are truly free, we limit ourselves, and we tend to limit ourselves to the same types of suffering over and over again. So if 2021 has been a challenging time for you, maybe it’s time to really look at yourself and how your ego attachments have caused and are causing your suffering.
Learn how to properly address ego blockages
The ego’s desire for a secure future
Spiritual Awakening 2022 and 2023
As you begin or renew or deepen your spiritual practice, you can become 2022 in a year of rebirth. This is often a spiritual awakening – it is a rebirth into something new, returning to the truth of who you really ARE.
Spiritual Rebirth: The Emergence of Natural Life
How to Go Deeper Spiritually
And let’s not stop with this new year. Let’s make 2023, 2024, 2025 and every year an excuse to make space for spiritual awakening and conscious release of ego attachments. Let’s do the work to eliminate the old ego attachment structures and patterns in our lives and society.
But for all that has been said, awakened space does not await us in these future years. It’s still here now. It’s always here now. In this present moment, you can find your truest revelations here, almost always relating to yourself.
Be Here Now
Slowing Down and Eliminating Expectations
The awakened space can be no other time than now. Yes. I said that just now and a few moments before. But it must be reiterated.
It must also be reiterated that discipline and regular practice are essential to becoming more conscious and dissolving the ego. The ego is a creature of habit. You can’t do it without regular work. This reality is another reason why hoping for changes in the outside world is naïve. Things happening in the outside world can affect us, but the real impact is when they inspire us to go within and work regularly to let go of the ego.
And the ego will settle probably fight back. Whatever year you do this work, be it 2022, 2025, 2028, 2035, 2040, 2050, the ego will hold on with all its attachments. It will make you question this whole conscious path. This is where you find out how serious you are about becoming spiritually free.
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Letting go of 2021, coming into the moment
I know that 2021 was a very stimulating year for many people after 2020 was also very stimulating. The desire to hope for various world events in 2022 is strong. Instead, do your best to go within. Reach out to the emotional triggers within you that want life to be different/better. Bring your attention back to awareness and start letting go of your attachments. And remember:
You are not your thoughts;
You are not your emotions;
You are not even your body;
You are consciousness; They are.
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Spirituality in Everyday Life: Cultivating an Awakening
updated on 11/08/2021
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