Sunday, August 21, 2016

Awakenings



Isn’t it marvelous we have awakenings?

Awakenings to what it is.

Awakenings to why it is.

Awakenings to who it is.

Awakenings to where it is.

Awakenings to when it is.

When Archimedes got into a bath-tub, and the water overflowed, and he realized he could use this principle to tell if the king’s crown was adulterated with metals other than gold, it was an awakening.

When Newton observed an apple fall from a tree, leading him to think about the nature of gravitation, it was an awakening.

When 16 year old Einstein imagined chasing after a beam of light, which came back to him again and again, helping him formulate his theory of relativity, it was an awakening.

We are meant to have awakenings.

Awakenings help us overcome our problems.

Awakenings help us break our shackles.

Awakenings help us shake the dust of our heels.

They change our patterns.

Move us into new realms.

Liberate us from stale thoughts and routines.

Answers are just an awakening away.

Freedom is just an awakening away.

Peace is just an awakening away.

Solace is just an awakening away.

What can bring about an awakening?

A puzzle can bring about an awakening.

A challenge can bring about an awakening.

A humbling can bring about an awakening.

A rude shock can bring about an awakening.

A spiritual, moral, physical, social, or financial crisis can bring about an awakening.

A profound loss can bring about an awakening.

It’s always darkest before the dawn.

An awakening is often preceded by the darkest of darknesses.

Remorse, pain, emptiness, fear, guilt, hopelessness, are all rich natural resources for an awakening.

Whether we are in deep misery before an awakening, or just plain unconscious, when we have an awakening, life as we have known it before, ends.

We are never the same after.

Awakenings are full of light.

Bright, restoring, healing, conscious light.

To fight off an awakening, is to deny ourselves the rich gifts of an awakening.

Imagine if St. Augustine had not heeded the voice that was the beginning of his awakening.

An awakening can be prompted by a word, a sound, an idea, an experience, a conversation.

Awakenings will involve our thoughts, feelings and our sensations. They are never just thoughts. They are a physical and mental experience.

Our hearts quicken, the blood in our veins pump faster, the hairs on our hand stand on end.

They are “ahas”, and “I got its”.

There is no uncertainty about an awakening.

Every awakening is a moment of complete clarity. You know what you should do. You couldn't be more sure.

The Awakening Muse is shy and introverted, and often speaks only in whispers. She usually meets people only one-on-one.

No surprise we often have an awakening, when we are alone with our thoughts, on a sleepless night.

So if you are wrestling with something, go to bed tonight, and quiet your thoughts. Invite the Awakening Muse to whisper the answers to you.

There is so much to be awakened to in our lives.

We just haven't been quiet enough to hear it yet.

As always, thanks for reading, and have a great day and week….M……a Pearl Seeker like you.  Thanks to Ajay for his compliments on Sangeeta Patel’s post, Into the Light, and thanks to the rest of you, for your likes, pins, shares, tweets, and votes….much appreciated.

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