Waking up is the lived experience of being connected. It is a deep unshakeable sense of belonging.
Waking up is not a spirituality based on beliefs; being awake is the lived experience of your true nature. Through lived experience we come to embody the truth that our personal reality is merely a facet, or a unique expression of consciousness as a whole. In this we are liberated.
This principle is beautifully illustrated in some Native traditions because it is embedded in the ontology of their nomenclatures as they explain the anatomy of the universe… “That’s the one spirit reflected as a dog”, “that’s the one spirit reflected as a mountain”, “that’s the one spirit reflected as a stream…”
As spiritual beings we ground in wholeness or holiness and act out our unique expression as an emergent principle of reality.
What you are waking up to is a pre-existing condition. You have never been separate.
Waking up can happen at anytime and isn’t correlated to your developmental stage.
Waking up is a state that can be trained and stabilized, through meditation. Although is not guaranteed through these practices. There are plenty of obstacles on the developmental path of growing up and contents in the shadow that can and often do prevent any experience of waking up.
Waking up is a non-linear. There is nothing you must do to achieve a state of waking up, other than identify and remove obstacles.
Limited perspective, conditioning and belief systems get in the way experiencing the state of awareness.
A clear mirror can help you see what you can not see on your own.