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Who else is going through an "awakwning"?

by Paul_Short
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Folks, I've went through hell over the past 2 years. But that hell has led to somewhat of an awakening for me in terms of how I view the world around me now. Spiritually, and not in a religious sense, but a whole mind/body/awareness sense, I feel like I've evolved and am thinking on a different level than before.

Now, I look at things around me and immediately see the "why" rather than having to ask the question "why?" if that makes any sense.

Short post for the mind warriors forum, I know, but I wanted to present you with the question that is the title of this post:

Who else is going through an "awakening"?

Please share your experiences.

Thanks

Paul

PS Yup, I misspelled awakening in the title. So shoot me ;-)
#awakwning
  • Profile picture of the author David_Thompson
    Dude hows it hanging man, not seing u on skype.

    This is a topic we will need to hookup and talk about, over the last year i believe
    I've been going thru a state of awakening, most of the thing that i've been thinking
    about and wondering pondering over the "why" seem to fall into place and i get it.

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    • Profile picture of the author Paul_Short
      D! We'll talk man :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author MeelisM
    Same here sir. I feel what you're saying
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  • Profile picture of the author John M Kane
    LOL If you call a "Beat-Down" in all areas of my life an awakening, then Heck yeah...
    I'm awake
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul_Short
      Originally Posted by John M Kane View Post

      LOL If you call a "Beat-Down" in all areas of my life an awakening, then Heck yeah...
      I'm awake
      LOL! Beatdowns will certainly do it.

      In my own experience though, I did the beating and then woke up!

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Hi Paul,

    Congrats on your expanding awareness It's a fun process, right?

    I've noticed why more things are moving into my life over the past number of months. As you mention seeing that Why - and not asking Why from the vantage point of a victim - seems to be a turning point The synchronicity of it all is amazing.

    Suspending judgment is a key to this process of awakening. It's like you wake up and see things how they are instead of how your ego judges them to be.

    All the best!

    RB
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  • Profile picture of the author rcritchett
    Originally Posted by Paul_Short View Post

    Folks, I've went through hell over the past 2 years. But that hell has led to somewhat of an awakening for me in terms of how I view the world around me now. Spiritually, and not in a religious sense, but a whole mind/body/awareness sense, I feel like I've evolved and am thinking on a different level than before.

    Now, I look at things around me and immediately see the "why" rather than having to ask the question "why?" if that makes any sense.

    Short post for the mind warriors forum, I know, but I wanted to present you with the question that is the title of this post:

    Who else is going through an "awakening"?

    Please share your experiences.



    Thanks

    Paul

    PS Yup, I misspelled awakening in the title. So shoot me ;-)
    I caught your post out there in the main forum, I already respect you.

    These are the kinds of things we should all be thinking about. Great post, glad this happened for you.

    About two years ago, I woke up. I started noticing the difference between what I thought was real, and just my own conditioning.

    Most people go "this is the way stuff is," but it's really a bunch of neurological processes.. if you can learn to recondition your mind, the "stuff" changes. That was the "difference that made the difference," for me.

    I realized that I could actually change things in my life, if they were messed up, instead of feeling victimized, under the control of some random force which I couldn't give a name. God maybe? Nah, it was all in my mind.

    I started reading books, about 5 a month to be exact and stimulated the hell out of my brain. I learned so much in the area of personal development, alternative psychology, neuroscience and people.

    I woke up to what 95% of people are still oblivious of: We really do have control, if we can learn to use our minds.

    Nice thread, nice to see you back here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul_Short
    Thanks for your replies everyone.

    Probably one of the biggest and most disturbing things I've noticed is how people will fight, tooth and nail, to keep themselves in a state of perpetual disillusionment about the power of their own minds.

    It reminds me of that scene in the movie A Few Good Men where Jack Nicholson's character says "You can't handle the truth!" and a lot of people can't.

    Taking full responsibility for my own thoughts and actions is one of the hardest things I have ever done and it nearly destroyed me. I have made a lot of mistakes in the past and I blamed those mistakes on everything and everybody so that I didn't have to accept responsibility for them.

    There are external influences, of course, and things that happen beyond your control, but even those things are just challenges that you have to work around. Those challenges will also empower you to not just take control of yourself but how you deal with them as well. They're excellent at building character.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Probably one of the biggest and most disturbing things I've noticed is how people will fight, tooth and nail, to keep themselves in a state of perpetual disillusionment about the power of their own minds.
      Truth! It's much easier to fight with a shield in front of you than to put down the weapons and accept your vulnerability.

      Most of the stressors we fight against come from inside ourselves. We make commitments we can't meet and suffer guilt for not meeting our own expectations. How silly is that? Who said we had to be right, or strong, or fealess, or calm? We tell ourselves what we should be and beat ourselves up when we fail.

      I didn't realize how far I had come in getting back to me until a terrible experience just before Thanksgiving. My reaction was raw and emotional and the pain was deeply felt. It was a bad time - but later I realized it was perhaps the first time in years that I've reacted only from my own mind and emotions at gut level. I dropped the facade of "strength" and "handling things" and "doing what's expected" and reacted in a way that was pure "me".

      Hopefully I can do the same when something wonderful happens in the future.

      I don't think you find an awakening by reading self-improvement books or latching onto insightful comments of others. You have to get in touch with yourself and it can be a painful experience. It's also pretty damned rewarding when you succeed.

      I do think it takes life experiences to fully know who you are - and it may be that it takes painful experiences to get there.

      kay
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      • Profile picture of the author Paul_Short
        Hi Kay, good to talk to you again! :-)

        I can certainly identify with you when you talk about how those visceral reactions feel. I'm glad you see them from a positive light rather than negative. IMO, one of the real signs of a person being asleep (as opposed to being awake in the sense we're talking about here) is when a person is too subdued to show true emotion when it really matters.

        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        I don't think you find an awakening by reading self-improvement books or latching onto insightful comments of others. You have to get in touch with yourself and it can be a painful experience. It's also pretty damned rewarding when you succeed.
        kay
        What happened to me is I was so troubled inside I went looking for answers in the books and other external media, but rather than taking what they taught as fact (or following them) I used them to bring out the things in myself that were the cause of me feeling helpless. So in that way they helped somewhat.

        The real change came from within, though, after I had exhausted or became exhausted by the external stuff. Thankfully, I was alert enough at the time to realize what was happening and didn't fight it like a lot of people do. Or maybe I just didn't have any fight left in me.

        Stay true to yourself Kay :-)

        Paul
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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          Or maybe I just didn't have any fight left in me.
          That may be part of it. Defenses are down - energy depeted - maybe that lets something "real" get through.

          When you have no fight left - you tend to sit back and let things flow over you. Maybe that helps. I know there are those who reach bottom and wait for someone to pull them out. Others hide in drugs and alcohol.

          I used to resent people like that - I don't drink much or use drugs and never was good at asking for help. So my choices on the bottom are to either lay there or not. Gets uncomfortable (and boring) after a while so people like us get back up...but I think we gain perspective on what's important.

          Good to see you back here - you seem more comfortable in your skin.

          kay
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  • Profile picture of the author Blimpy
    Paul, your three recent posts I've read are my favourite on the forum so far, and I'm pretty pleased to make my first comment on here be a resounding "YES!" to the subject line.

    I quit my job and live in an RV traveling North America and I've got about two years to build myself back up to net positive income via the internet. I won't allow a desk job or a boss back into my life.

    I'd like to think I'm already well into the "awakening", but it would be presumptuous of me to say. Maybe I'll post again in two years once I've made good use of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author SonnyAmaama
    I know exactly what you mean. I have been noticing now, Why am I down here, and their up there. Why do they excel and why do they not?

    I felt that alot of it has to do with what I was taught when I was a kid. A person that comes in mind when I think of this is Robert Kiyosaki. I clearly understood what he was saying when his poor dad gave him the advise, go to school, get a good education, and work for a good company. That is the exact same advise that my dad told me when I was younger.

    Now that I am older and know better, my dad and I get into arguments over subjects like education, and money. Just like how robert and his dad did. I dont blame my dad because he is just trying to help me the best way he knows how. And in my culture if you dont do what your parents say, you are looked upon as being a bad kid. It took years untill my father was able to understand what I was speaking about and doing.

    I am a very different person now then I was when I was 4 years ago. I have a wiser train of thought and a better understanding of how the real world operates.
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