What is Awakening & Enlightenment?

Within every life there are two competing, often contrary entities: the spirit and the ego. The spirit is a piece of god, the transcendent aspect of human awareness that connects us to something greater than ourself. The ego is everything we learn and accept is true. Its only concern is what is best for us, worrying little about others.

Most follow the path of their dominate self-centered ego, silencing the messages of their spirit within. This results in a world of endless wars, inequity, prejudice, and many of humanity’s self-inflicted problems and harmful emotions.

We begin to awaken when the first quiet messages of our spirit are sensed. Though we may be successful in life, we cannot ignore these feelings. They are about improving the life of everyone, even those who are different than us or we may not know, and sharing our spirit’s wisdom and love selflessly with all others. Once we awaken, we may never go back to sleep. Everything in our life will change as we begin to challenge all we once believed to be true.

As our spirit’s messages become clearer, we begin to understand everything we once believed to be true was not; that the genuine purpose of life has little to do with just our success in the world. Rather, it is to embrace the loving spiritual path, realizing only together by selflessly helping others become successful as well, will we lead a life of true purpose and meaning.

Enlightenment is the complete acceptance of the spiritual path. Though the ego will remain, its influence now will be minimal. This is the lesson we are alive to realize; this is the meaning of life.