In what way is awakening transformative?
If we keep noticing our nature and living from this noticing, it can be transformative in several ways.
OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY SHIFTS
Our center of gravity – the center of gravity of what we take ourselves to be – shifts from our human self towards our nature. It shifts into noticing our nature as capacity for the world as it appears to us, and as what our world – our human self and the wider world – happens within and as.
It shifts from who to what, although both are there and there will be some fluidity in where our center of gravity is depending on our attention and what’s required in the situation.
OUR PERCEPTION SHIFTS
Our perception transforms. It shifts from separation consciousness to oneness.
The mind generally shifts from identifying with the viewpoint of certain thoughts to noticing itself as capacity and what our experiences – of the whole world including us – happen within and as.
There will still be assumptions and thoughts the mind identifies with, either without noticing or in a more conscious way. These are inherently out of alignment with reality, create stress, conflicts, and discomfort, and this is the sign that we are holding onto a mental representation as true and an invitation to identify this, investigate, and find what’s more true for us.
OUR LIFE SHIFTS
Our life tends to transform. It will be more aligned with living from oneness.
To the extent we notice our nature and sincerely aim at living from it, it transforms. And to the extent we sincerely and diligently explore whatever in us is out of alignment with oneness, it transforms.
OUR HUMAN SELF SHIFTS
Our human self and psyche transform.
We have innumerable psychological parts, many or most of these were formed within and operate from separation consciousness, we are likely not aware of many of them, and the invitation is for these to shift into being more aligned with reality, with oneness and love.
This is an ongoing process. It can be messy. It’s sometimes confusing, scary, and overwhelming. We sometimes muddle our way through it. And over time, we gradually get more used to it. We find ways to relate to what’s coming up that are more aligned with reality. (E.g. the befriend + wake up process.)
REALITY IS MORE THAN AND DIFFERENT FROM THIS, AND ALSO SIMPLER
Any map is inevitably simplified and idealized. And this is bare-bones outline is no exception.
It’s all an ongoing process. It requires us to join in and engage with the process. It’s often messy. Our perception and life are inevitably colored by the parts of us still operating from separation consciousness, and sometimes our conscious view is hijacked by these as well. The process also lives its own life and we – if we take ourselves to be anything other than all of it – are along for the ride.
And ultimately, all of it – with no exception – is life expressing, exploring, and experiencing itself as this.
It’s life playing itself out.
INITIAL NOTES
In what way is awakening transformative?
If keep noticing and living from this noticing
For our identity, center of gravity of what we take ourselves to be
Perception – oneness, mirror
Life
Human self – more aligned with oneness
It shifts our identity from this human self more towards to our nature.