What is awakening?

It is the capacity to see the truth / Awareness / Consciousness

Since the name of my channel is Awakening with Mythili, I thought it is necessary to tell you what is awakening?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jKXr6zUlnQ&t=3s

A word of caution:

Before awakening life will be dull, boring and monotonous. After awakening life will be energetic and thriving.

Let me try to explain what is awakening in a simple and yet understandable way...

  

Awakening or Spiritual awakening is exactly similar to waking up from sleep. In real life, most of us just live in a monotonous routine without having any awareness of what we do and why we do. We do things just because everyone around us does it. It is equivalent to a dormant or unaware state.  Awakening is a process in which we suddenly become aware of our self i.e., who we really are and what we are supposed to do. Our perception of life changes for the good of us and others. We don’t limit our self to seeing the things with our real eyes but try to see beyond what is in front us or shown to us through our mind's eye. This eye is what we call as the third eye. 

Awakening someone else is like waking up a person who is not ready to see the actual picture he/she has to see about oneself or others or situations. It is similar to removing the blinds from the windows. Once a person is awakened, they become aware of everything that is happening around them and starts to question everything and accept it only if they really feel or experience the truth of it.

Why do we need to awaken?

For eons in this world , there was this method of dividing and conquering. Everything that a human mind could make up was used to section people for selfish and greedy needs. It was regional, racial or based on gender, religion, skin color, caste, language, education, etc. People were divided and blinded because it was easier for negativity and selfishness to thrive and grow. We have many belief systems ingrained in our culture and tradition which we still follow because someone had approved it long long ago and now it has become an unwritten law. 

For example , people can abuse, fight and kill each other over their religion or caste or skin color to prove who is dominant or superior. Many still believe, they are superior. 

We have been told many lies for centuries by our ancestors and were made to believe it as truth and now it has become accepted as part and parcel of our reality and life. If we enclose sheep by a fence for few days, they will think they are fenced even if we remove it. That is how the lies we heard for years or the belief thrusted on us remains permanent generation after generation.

Some of the beliefs ingrained in us are “women are always inferior to men”. “Women shouldn’t do this this and this”

People who are rich are very happy. 

You are not worthy because you have ugly features  

You are not worthy because you don’t have a job

Bearing a child is a blessing.

Our religion is better than others.

If you are more educated you are more worthier

If your skin is dark, you are inferior

Parents know better than children etc etc

You can add your own... 

By now you know what lies you came across hahaha. 

Many have started making money by stressing and supporting these lies and promising to help us. All the lies benefit someone in the society that’s why these lies are still maintained and will be maintained forever. For eg. Since the dark skin is inferior, we can see umpteen number of ads in tv and social media to rectify it. These ads further make you loose your self esteem and thrive on that. Most of the business make us feel we lack and target on the lack.

So what i am trying to tell here is.. it is time to make people aware of the truth. Telling the truth simply may not work because, it is difficult for people to accept it until they really find it or experience it themselves. The lies are ingrained in our body and mind.

So the better/efficient way is to awaken them and make them realize that there is something more behind every belief they have and that feeling or pain in their heart which says something is not right about it is actually true. Yes, something is wrong about every belief system and since it suits someone it still exists. 

Most of us try to rebel when our intuition says something is wrong here but we do not know clearly what we want or what is right for us so we again settle for something unwanted. 

For example, a parent who has limited beliefs will try to impose it on their son or daughter even after they are grown and control them. Since the children are unaware of a certain belief system, they are forced to follow.

Once we awaken, we will be able to continue our own quest for truth which will liberate us from false beliefs and give us more freedom and ways to live a joyful life. An awakened person is fearless. All that doesn't serve us either situations, people or things will leave us or we will be enlightened to leave them. 

So How do we get awakened?

It is not possible to awaken everyone until they want to or until they are ready. It is your choice. Awakening can happen naturally while undergoing traumatic experiences or blissful experiences which turn one’s life upside down. It is exactly the same way when you are asleep and suddenly if there is a jolt we wake up. It can also happen when you are physically or emotionally close to an awakened person or if living in an awakened community. Awakening may look painful because we fear about our own thoughts and our decisions. We have a fear that we are isolated, we have a fear that we are different and we don’t want to tread into the less unknown world. Instead, we settle with known which is uncomfortable and undergo the trauma. Known discomfort is better than unknown comfort right? 

We have the saying  a known devil is better than an unknown angel. It was all a lie. 

Sometimes people feel something has happened to them and isolate themselves from others because they know that they are different but they don’t know what to do. For example, until we were made to be aware that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are part of our society, it was considered as a shame and the concerned people were in pain and most of them were exploited. This is just an example. There are many more like domestic violence, relationship issues, societal issues etc. We need to raise our own awareness and know the truth in every situation and about our self. We cannot compare with others and generalize situations. All situations are unique.

An awakened person is called a spiritual person. And the science related to awakening is called spiritual science or spirituality and the life lived in an awakened state is called spiritual life. 

When I say I am spiritual, it doesn’t mean that I am claiming or projecting to be better than others or   completely enlightened like Buddha. It just means I am like everyone else. Only difference is I am consciously awakened and I am undergoing the transformation. You are also undergoing this process consciously or unconsciously. This transformation is a never ending process. There is no scale to measure anyone and compare. We are all one and the same. 

Since i was repeating the word spiritual many times, let me tell What is spirituality?

Spirituality is a process that breaks all the walls which we have raised between us and others and make us understand that we are all one and the same. There is no discrimination between you and me and everything around us. 

The entire universe, the living and non-living beings are made up of the same matter. The moment you realize that there is only one supreme power which each one of us might call by any name... It can be a God for someone (Allah, Krishna or Jesus), some might address it as divine power, it might be the universe for someone and some might even believe everything is some randomness. But we all seek for the same thing Peace and Joy.

Once you start understanding and respecting everyone’s view without judgment you become a spiritual or awakened person...

Religion divides people but spirituality unites. Spirituality accepts all religions as one and the same.

I would like to end by saying the same thing that Buddha says.. "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” 

what a clear statement.

Thank you very much !!