Why I Wrote Awaken

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I wrote Awaken because I wanted to share the experience of becoming aware with a wider, more general audience.

Following my spiritual transformation in 1998, I was intrigued with the experience as well as why and how it occurred. In the following years I studied neurology and Buddhism to gain insights however neither provided a full explanation of the experience. I sensed there was a lot to learn and explore on the subject.

However answers weren’t coming quickly so like many other of my projects, I shelved it (i.e. I didn’t focus on the idea only letting further experiences and insights grow organically into larger bodies of ideas).

But that changed in early 2015 upon the confluence of two events which occurred over the course of a few weeks.

The first is when I picked up a book entitled “Steal Like an Artist”. The other was when I saw my first Oprah show.

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Seize the Day – Seize the Now

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The true meaning of the phrase “Seize the Day” has unfortunately been hijacked by wild eyed capitalist as their rallying cry to signify gaining more and more, winning and never losing, eating another before being eaten, being a bigger boss, and beating others.

However that is a desecration of its intended meaning. Indeed far from trying to convey beating others down; the term ‘carpe diem’ (i.e. seize the day) is intended to emphasize the importance of living in the here and now, and making the most out of the magical experience of being.

To give all you can to life, to today, to being, to pursuing your dreams, to working toward making something truly extraordinary out of this experience of being.

To grow, give, love, help others, try your best, be courageous, find the divine in the mundane, and witness the magic of being. To pay homage to the blessed ability to reflect, share, know, wonder, and experience this truly miraculous state of being–conscious life and being,

Indeed–seize the day–not through short minded/narrow mindsets but through being sensible, mindful, and focused on life, love, others, nature, and being.

Amplified – Want to Feel Elevated?

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I’ve stood upon my mountaintop
and shouted at the sky
walked above the pavement
with my sense amplified
– I get this feeling

-Neil Peart (“Scars” from Presto)

What does it feel like to “walk above the pavement with one’s senses amplified”—i.e. to be keenly aware of the moment? Jin’s following passage goes a long way in describing this experience.

The frozen intensity. Nature’s inescapable beauty radiates a warmth to my face. A wave of wonder engulfs me and the moment.

 

The volume is sky high. Did I just melt into the surroundings? Losing sight of the horizontal surface below, like slotting effortlessly through a canyon.

 

The whites and yellows are too intense to view directly. The purples so deep; like a void, a passageway to another world. Does anyone see?

 

The glistening mosaics of a billion shades of green, gray, and mauve. Where do they start? Where do they end?

 

Is anybody watching? Am I too absorbed in these works of art and beauty? Some might think I’ve lost it?

 

I turn up the music. Passages open and the moment balloons out over the surrounding area, then the park, and then the whole city.

 

I stop to watch raindrops on the pond. In the light rain, drops transform into circles across the surface. They each look like little antennae; each a transmitter, forming and fading.

 

Under the tree, drops fall from the branches in irregular sizes. Like thoughts in my mind, many are small, some bigger, some combine; is my thought somewhere on the surface of the pond?

 

Walking back to the city, through a pink-purple-yellow tapestry; the rain off the car tires sounds like passing waves. Static, climatic buzzes. I suddenly lose my footing, am I still on the ground? In a trance, mesmerized, I pause then continue.

 

Back in the city, I feel like a stranger. Sounds, haze, reflective lights fascinate me like a child. I can’t help but see everything I can.

 

Every moment waxing; intense, new, the first; I go to the next moment. Time seems expansive. I feel expansive. Everything expands.

Why Are We Here?

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“Why are we here? Because we’re here…Roll the Bones”–Neil Peart

Some one asked me “Is there any purpose to our lives? Is there a reason we’re here? ”

I could only reply, “nobody knows for sure but even without knowing, simply having the opportunity to experience this miraculous state of being removes any worries or doubts as to if its worth it.

Life, nature, beauty, food, pleasure, wonder, music, love, children, memories, knowing, sweet emotion, etc. etc.–makes it all exceedingly worthwhile and meaningful.

Roll the bones indeed!

Giant Step

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A sure sign humanity is on the right track (toward enlightened being) will be the day men gladly share sidewalk space with one another.

Indeed—instead of men believing it advantageous to make the approaching stranger give way, they will willingly share the space because they respect others–and know its the right, balanced, and graceful way to interact with others.

Self-assurance finally overcoming insecurity, logic trumping emotion, and enlightened being caging the monkey within.

A small, yet giant step forward for mankind!

Defining Humanity

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Woman define humanity. It can’t get any more essential–and wonderfully empowering than that.

Indeed it’s mothers and wives that define what is important to sons, husbands, and daughters…

If women speak out that nature, compassion, and living in balance are important; humanity will follow.

If they instead hold career, getting ahead, and gaining more stuff than others as most important; so goes humanity.

Thus the first step towards implementing real and lasting change must be taken by women. They again recognizing the divine significance of the principle that’s there’s exclusively–and largely dismiss as valuable today, even by themselves–femininity.

The real, right, divine, and enduring super power bringing balance to all things.

The essential quality woefully lacking in modern humanity–and one only woman can bring back to the forefront through their words, actions, preaching’s, and deeds.

Cells of Society

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Like cells to an organ, ants to a hive, and stars to a galaxy; we as individuals form the necessary, worker bee ‘components’ of the larger organism that is society.

Constructing its structures–its roads, buildings, desks, and bottles of wine; what we create, while exceedingly complex, serves the same function as nature’s other creations–fulfilling a need of a larger organism–in our case–the flock human.

Gatekeepers of Humanity

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Woman have a corner on life’s greatest pleasures (food, children, beauty, fashion, grace, human connection etc.). They are truly the gate keepers of humanity.

Thank goodness! Could you imagine what men would do with these precious commodities if they controlled them?!

First they would exploit them, than fight over them, and then destroy them!

Thank goodness woman were granted this divine power.

Life’s Biggest Struggle…Me

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Of the many challenges in life it was me–myself, I–my ego; that proved the greatest challenge.

Getting over my hurt feelings. Getting past my need for recognition and self-importance. Getting myself out of the middle of every discussion, subject, relationship, and group gathering. Stopping myself from being a selfish and petty cheat.

When we overcome ourselves, we’ve already conquered 90% of life’s challenges.

Sometimes Things Come Together..

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Elevator talk explains a lot.

Today (on an elevator) someone said; “sometimes everything comes together” (in the sense of an evenings plans).

I couldn’t help but think to myself ‘thank goodness everything in my body comes together every moment and continuously!’

Think about it–atoms, molecules, amino acids, proteins, DNA, cells, tissues, organs etc. ‘come together’ continuously and without interruption (and on myriad scales) allowing us to experience the delightfulness of being.

Yes–thank goodness when everything comes together!