Your awakening

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
The Bible

"The fullfillment of this whole creation is to be found in man.And this object is only fullfilled when man has awakened that part of himself which represents the master,that is God himself."
Hazrat Inayat Khan

The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.

With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed.

It is a yearning to take on God's gentle yoke,

It is a yearning to give one's self to God's Way.

Every night, when I go to sleep, I die. Every morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
Mahatma Gandhi




In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while relinquishing things that do not matter to us. A lukewarm yearning for awakening is not enough to sustain us through the difficulties involved in letting go. It is important to understand that anything that can be lost was never truly ours, anything that we deeply cling to only imprisons us. Jack Kornfield

My dear sisters,

A time comes in your life when you  finally experience this.
When in the midst of all your fears and bondage,pain and sorrow,loneliness and sickness the voice inside you cries out - ENOUGH! I can't take it any longer!!!!Is this life all about?Was I sent here to suffer and die?I'm not getting anywhere in my life.Has this happened to you?It has happened to me so may times that I have lost count and I know you are going through it right now .

Gripped by despair or meaningless ,it is no wonder that so many people today are filled with a yearning to reconnect to a deeper sense of self.My dear sister I know you are going through this right now.You are beginning to question yourself "What is the will of God in my life"?I know I have a purpose but what is it?

This is the beginning of your awakening... Now when these things happens you will be awakened to things  you never paid attention to.

You will awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are ... and that's OK. (They are entitled to their own views and opinions.) And you learn the importance of loving and championing yourself and in the process, a sense of new found confidence is born of self-approval.

You will stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did to you (or didn't do for you) and you will  learn that the only thing you can really count on is the unexpected. You will learn that people don't always say what they mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for you and that it's not always about you. So, you will  learn to stand on your own and to take care of yourself and in the process, a sense of safety & security is born of self-reliance.

You will stop judging and pointing fingers and you will begin to accept people as they are and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties and in the process, a sense of peace & contentment is born of forgiveness.

You will realize that much of the way you view yourself and the world around you, is a result of all the messages and opinions that have been ingrained into your psyche. You begin to sift through all the junk you've been fed about how you should behave, how you should look and how much you should weigh, what you should wear and where you should shop and what you should drive, how and where you should live and what you should do for a living, who you should marry and what you should expect of a marriage, the importance of having and raising children or what you owe your parents. You will learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view. You will  begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for.

You will learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the doctrines and values you've outgrown, or should never have bought into to begin with and in the process, you will learn to go with your instincts.

You will  learn that it is truly in giving that we receive and that there is power and glory in creating and contributing and you stop maneuvering through life merely as a "consumer" looking for your next fix.


You will learn that you don't know everything; it's not your job to save the world and that you can't teach a mule  to dance. You will  learn to distinguish between guilt and responsibility and the importance of setting boundaries and learning to say NO. You will learn that the only cross to bear is the one you choose to carry and that martyrs get burned at the stake.


You will learn to look at relationships as they really are and not as you would have them be. You will stop trying to control people, situations and outcomes.

You will learn that just as people grow and change, so it is with love; and you learn that you don't have the right to demand love on your terms, just to make you happy.

You will learn that alone does not mean lonely. You will  look in the mirror and come to terms with the fact that you will never be a size 5 or a perfect 10 and you stop trying to compete with the image inside your head and agonizing over how you "stack up."

You will also stop working so hard at putting your feelings aside, smoothing things over and ignoring your needs. You will  learn that feelings of entitlement are perfectly OK and that it is your right, to want things and to ask for the things that you want and that sometimes it is necessary to make demands.
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And you will  learn that your body really is your temple. And you begin to care for it and treat it with respect.
You will learn that anything worth achieving is worth working for and that wishing for something to happen, is different from working toward making it happen.

More importantly, you will learn that in order to achieve success you need direction, discipline and perseverance. You will also learn that no one can do it all alone and that it's OK to risk asking for help.

You will learn that the only thing you must truly fear is the great robber baron of all time; FEAR itself. You learn to step right into and through your fears, because you know that whatever happens you can handle it and to give in to fear, is to give away the right to live life on your terms.

You will learn to fight for your life and not to squander it living under a cloud of impending doom. You will learn that life isn't always fair, you don't always get what you think you deserve and that sometimes bad things happen to unsuspecting, good people. On these occasions, you will learn not to personalize things. You will learn that God isn't punishing you or failing to answer your prayers; it's just life happening.

You will learn to deal with evil in its most primal state; the ego. You learn that negative feelings such as anger, envy and resentment must be understood and redirected or they will suffocate the life out of you and poison the universe that surrounds you. You will learn to admit when you are wrong and to build bridges instead of walls.

You will learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted; things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about; a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower. Slowly, you will begin to take responsibility for yourself, by yourself and you make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never ever settle for less than your heart's desire. You hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind, and you make it a point to keep smiling, to keep trusting and to stay open to every wonderful possibility.

Finally, with courage in your heart and with God by your side you will take a stand, you will take a deep breath and begin to design the life you want to live as best as you can.