Our Place in an Awakening World

We live in a rapidly changing world in a time in which the greatest number of people in human history are waking up to the truth of who and what we are. We must remember that each person will wake up in their own time and in their own way. Our spiritual, emotional, and mental states can support the awakening or delay it (only slightly). Personally, I find that the more I am in loving acceptance; the greater is my awareness of the Divine, and my peace.

What is most important about anything you do is not how other people react to it, but how you react to it. It is not for any one of us to judge the path of another. Every single person is exactly where they need to be this moment in their journey. If we are to be of maximum service to others and to this beautiful world, we must offer what we have or know or are in love and gentleness, without attachment to the outcome. In other words, our greatest gift is to be ourselves regardless of the reactions of others. Those who need what we have to offer AND are ready for it will come. For others, we may only plant a seed that will germinate sometime later.

We touch and inspire people throughout our lives, usually without knowing that we did. That's OK. As long as we are expressing ourselves truthfully, we will know that we have done our best. I cannot live by the reactions of others. I have to live according to what is inside me. What is in others is not only not under my control; it is none of my business. If I judge others for what I see in them, I am judging myself. That judgment leads to anger, disappointment, resentment, frustration, or a variety of other emotional states that do not serve me. I am better off without them. I have also found that I cannot live fully and be in judgment of others at the same time.

The more I have learned to live according to my truth and let others do the same, the more I have found those of like mind and spirit gravitating toward me. It really is a beautiful thing! There are a great many people in this world working tirelessly to help others awaken and live a more fulfilling life. Of course, we have charlatans, too, those who jump on the latest surge of human desire for the sole purpose of exploiting people. Those are the ones who are hurting themselves. Eventually, they will find themselves alone and spiritually bankrupt. The people who buy what they are selling are not at fault for their ignorance, only for their innocence. They simply don't know any better. If they were ready for real truth and real progress, they wouldn't be taken in by the fakes.


A great many people are striving for personal awakening, trying to help others, raising a family, and trying support their family all at the same time. We don't know the demands that are on the people we contact online. We don't know which ones are facing serious illness, coping with loss, struggling to feed a family, or trying to broaden their horizons by attending college. It is no easy task to awaken our consciousness while being overwhelmed by the demands of this world. I have been blessed with debilitating illness for the last 3.5 years, without which I would not have had the time or energy to make the progress I have in my consciousness. The experience has given me a great deal of compassion and admiration for those who do not have the same opportunity to devote the majority of their energy to spiritual awakening, yet continue to put so much into it.