I came across this today, and I found it a good way of trying to explain the process and the shift that occurs in people who have gone though this...
"This phenomenon of awakening has the wonderful effect of allowing us to clearly percieve the Oneness of Life and the Divine Truth that all Life is interconnected, interreleated, and interdependent. We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are all One and that there is no "us and them."
When this reality resonates in the deepest recesses of our hearts, the validity of war becomes inpossible to accept, and the concepts of poverty, greed, corruption, violence, abuse of power, oppression, hatred, selfishness, prejudice, pollution, disease, ignorance, and every other reflection of our belief in spearation becomes intolerable. Often, from our newly awakened state of consciousness, our reflex response is to take a stand against these negative situations and behavior patterns. Unfortunately, this causes us to polarize ourselves against the people involved. Any time we polarize ourselves against a person or group of people, we motivate them to fight back. This merely widens the abyss between us and causes further separation. We share all our newly acquired insights and try to convince them that their ways of thinking and feeling are flawed. They, in turn, argue from thier perspective that our way of thinking is delusional and that we are being duped by unrealistic idealism. Of course, these arguments are futile and only exacerbate our polarization.
It is time for all of us to really grasp the fact that PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW. When a person awakens, his or her consciousness is raised up, and their perception of reality is transformed. An awakened person literally thinks, feels, sees, and hears with greater awareness. This shift in consciousness allows the person to percieve a greater Truth and to comprehend the Oneness of Life at a deeper level. This awakening results in an indisputable inner knowing within the person's heart and mind. When an unawakened person tries to deny, dispute, or discredit the inner knowing of an awakened person, it is futile. That effor is like a deaf and blind person trying to convince a sighted-hearing person that there is no such thing as color or music. The difference in that situation is that the sighted-hearing person would understand perfectly why the deaf and blind person was having trouble grasping the concept of color and music. The sighted-hearing person would have compassion for the deaf and blind person, responding to him or her with patience, love, and understanding.
Unfortunately, we cannot easily tell if someone is awakened or not. We often make the mistake of assuming that people should know more than they do, or that they shoudl understand more than they are capable of understanding. When we expect more from people than they are capable of, we are generally disappointed and frustrated with their actions, and their perceptions of things, which only polarizes us further."
"This phenomenon of awakening has the wonderful effect of allowing us to clearly percieve the Oneness of Life and the Divine Truth that all Life is interconnected, interreleated, and interdependent. We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are all One and that there is no "us and them."
When this reality resonates in the deepest recesses of our hearts, the validity of war becomes inpossible to accept, and the concepts of poverty, greed, corruption, violence, abuse of power, oppression, hatred, selfishness, prejudice, pollution, disease, ignorance, and every other reflection of our belief in spearation becomes intolerable. Often, from our newly awakened state of consciousness, our reflex response is to take a stand against these negative situations and behavior patterns. Unfortunately, this causes us to polarize ourselves against the people involved. Any time we polarize ourselves against a person or group of people, we motivate them to fight back. This merely widens the abyss between us and causes further separation. We share all our newly acquired insights and try to convince them that their ways of thinking and feeling are flawed. They, in turn, argue from thier perspective that our way of thinking is delusional and that we are being duped by unrealistic idealism. Of course, these arguments are futile and only exacerbate our polarization.
It is time for all of us to really grasp the fact that PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW. When a person awakens, his or her consciousness is raised up, and their perception of reality is transformed. An awakened person literally thinks, feels, sees, and hears with greater awareness. This shift in consciousness allows the person to percieve a greater Truth and to comprehend the Oneness of Life at a deeper level. This awakening results in an indisputable inner knowing within the person's heart and mind. When an unawakened person tries to deny, dispute, or discredit the inner knowing of an awakened person, it is futile. That effor is like a deaf and blind person trying to convince a sighted-hearing person that there is no such thing as color or music. The difference in that situation is that the sighted-hearing person would understand perfectly why the deaf and blind person was having trouble grasping the concept of color and music. The sighted-hearing person would have compassion for the deaf and blind person, responding to him or her with patience, love, and understanding.
Unfortunately, we cannot easily tell if someone is awakened or not. We often make the mistake of assuming that people should know more than they do, or that they shoudl understand more than they are capable of understanding. When we expect more from people than they are capable of, we are generally disappointed and frustrated with their actions, and their perceptions of things, which only polarizes us further."
