We describe the process of self-realization and enlightenment as “waking up” because we have learnt that everything we may not have previously realised is already there.
We all function normally with our own perspective, born out of our own needs and cultivated by our actions and beliefs throughout our lives. If at some juncture, we begin considering our spiritual side, we soon realise that the boundaries around the ideas we have of ourselves are nothing more than imaginary fences that we have constructed in our psyche, to protect and maintain the idea of who we are in the eyes of others. We encapsulate ourselves as something and someone to present to and function within the world and usually end up making the mistake of believing that we are the act.
With attention these misconceptions are dismantled and ignited by the fires of our own awareness, resulting in our perspectives widening....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>>...