‘The tree which moves some to tears of joy …
‘is in the eyes of others only a green thing in the way.’ — William Blake
Spiritual awakening is the transformation of our consciousness which opens us to a higher seeing and knowing that reveals the sacredness of life expressed in every little thing. When finally we perceive the incredible oneness of all in love, our hearts explode with that same joy the great visionary, William Blake, described in his famous line ‘The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing in the way.’
Awakening is a natural life process that follows the same archetypal trajectory for everybody regardless of East or West, regardless of whether we are religious or not. Awakening is the maturing of our natural spirituality that brings us to the realisation of the oneness of all in love and the truth that at a fundamental level there is no separation between anything that exists.
As we climb higher on this mountain of revelation (for the knowing is given, not achieved) we discover not just the divinity of all of existence but we also face a 'terrible truth' — the awe-filled realisation that we are in God and God is in us to such an extent that we are one. As against everything we have learned at the level of our humanity we must now accept we are one with God. Our being dissolves into Being itself, into God, and we become what God is — the blazing light of Love — and we begin to live from that beautiful truth.
The ego cannot manage this realisation without going wrong — but with the humility of the higher consciousness developed on the path to Awakening, we accept this truth with awe-full wonder.
And there is only one possible response to this holy revelation — to turn around and face back down the mountain as the essence and presence of love in the world and to love, love, love, every thing and everybody that we meet. When we awaken we become the active presence of love in the world and our natural desire is to find a way to love every one and everything.
If you long to Awaken to your truth as a being of love in the world then you are welcome to join me on my YouTube channel tonight for the first in a series of reflections on The Path of Gold — A Guide to Awakening. ‘How to engage with your Awakening’ through the 7 milestones of Awakening that I identified in my book Light on Fire: Waking Up to Divine Love.
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