Snap out of the Trance

Notice discomfort (what doesn't taste right) comes up to the surface to be purged or let go. Let awareness do what it wants to do. It will be drawn into the feelings and experiences outside and then on the inside of the skin. The inward environment has things to listen to. If you get hijacked by a thought, make no effort to get rid of it, change, alter or control it. Deep listening is simply noticing things as they are. The more you relax, the more the spaciousness grows obvious. What you miss before stands out. Awareness loses fixation on things so to rest in its natural state. Thoughts, feelings, objects arise. Amidst all this, tune into what openness feels like. In this sense of opennness, every moment, awareness is present. We need not exert effort to grow more aware. Space itself is highly awake. Entities are not "aware." Awarness does not originate at any particular point. Awareness itself is already in a profound state of listening. It is open, not picking or choosing, judging, fearing or manipulating. It is simply being itself. As awareness happens, you are no longer in the trance of thought. See and feel for yourself what its like to be awareness. No answer exists to questions of how to get here. This is not about a goal, not about controlling thought or feeling. Awareness itself is not aiming to change you. Everything happens spontaneously. Its simply drawing you into True Nature.

Expand into that creative vision

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Notice each stage of awakening invites letting go of versions of the old to embrace "the new." Every moment offers opportunities to release suffering and tune into deep Truth. Whatever we fear most is what we are meant to do. Growing confidence arises in natural radiance. Hope in possibilities can shift into trust and knowing all that is real. Going through the motions is worth it as we shift wholeheartedly into our authentic creative vision.

Feel into Inner Magic

Notice many people assume magic is the power of influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces, by using physical objects that briefly transfer insight into the same people. We are often conditioned to model, be like or inspired by others in order to evolve into what we believe are new versions of them. This moment is about shifting from living vicariously through others, by doing what we have been conditioned to do, to allow our inner guiance to shine. The true lotus arises from the mud. This moment is about daring bravely to uncover and reveal colours we have not seen or shown. New ways of seeing arise within. To be ready for a journey unlike any other, be open to what comes. Shift from noticing freak occurrences, and views of passing coincidence to synchronicity.

Clarity reveals itself

Notice the nature of what you see and experience directly reflects your version of the Truth. Everything you do and do not do is a language expressed as energy in motion. If you see your life as upside down and topsy-turvey, then confusion and vertigo seem very real. As you find balance in the middle of nowhere, then calm abiding grows more accessible. As you begin to expand and appreciate different points of view, then everything is a mirror. As you continue to work out what matters, and stay open to stretch yourself, explore new shores and realize nothing is out of reach.

Face Fear in the Eye

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Notice its common to resist change or what the mind thinks it represents. Feel the power that arises as you take the bull by its horns, embrace the uncertainty, take those unpredicable things head-on and look deeper into what bothers you without delay. Some people would suggest hanging in there and doing what you have always done is best. Yet, being true to the heart is about staring the source of fear in the eye. Reminding ourselves fear is a catalyst for greatness and growth guides us to master our Path. Feeling our way, heeding intuition, is key to a more fulfilling life.