How Your Awakening Helps Heal Our World

The more of us that awaken to the realization of our true nature—to the Reality that we are underneath the ever-changing relative reality of daily life—the sooner we will see a world that really is peaceful and happy. We will see a world run by a spirit of joyful, creative harmony as we work together to solve our mutual problems and challenges, and address the as-yet unknown opportunities awaiting us. The more conscious and present we are, the more impact we have on our world. What is needed for each of us to realize our true nature? It is simple, although not necessarily easy. It requires that we individually awaken to the truth of our deepest being—to awaken to inner freedom, the freedom that does not depend upon outer circumstances. Fortunately, this awakening is happening with increasing rapidity throughout the world today. Young people and old, those who have been on a spiritual quest for only a short time, and those who have been pursuing it for many years, decades in some cases, are now waking up. Our future looks bright. What is it about awakening to our true nature—to our innate love and wisdom—that is so liberating? We truly do become psychologically and emotionally fearless, and we radiate a goodwill toward everyone and everything that is unconditional. We feel our connection to the Whole of creation, and especially our interconnection, or oneness, with humanity. Every single human being, we realize, is a reflection of us in our essence. When we strip away all the beliefs and stories that divide us, we truly are one. Collectively, we are the ocean, manifesting in these marvelously creative and diverse wave-forms called “humanity.” Increasingly, we bring our loving presence—or, what Albert Schweitzer called a “reverence for life”—to every moment, every encounter. After all, the freer we are, the deeper our love. Moreover, other people feel seen when we relate to them with love and caring. In romantic love, this is the true meaning of intimacy—into me see. Over time, this love only grows deeper and stronger, and its energy brighter, more powerful. Like the inner peace we experience when we’re awake and free, we discover that love shines on its own. We don’t have to go looking for it, and we don’t have to “try” to love ourselves, for love, we realize, is within us. When we are truly relaxed, feeling one with the natural ease, harmony, and flow of life, we discover again and again that it is, indeed, our very nature. And love always finds us, wherever we are, in almost all of our interactions—a look, a touch, a smile, a tender gesture, a kind word exchanged, a generosity given or received. The old adage that like attracts like is no truer than when it applies to love.