The world beyond the storm looked much different than it had before. When the waves tore our ships apart, the thunder and the lightning in the dark night was the least of our fears. It provided a perfect ambience as we fought against the waves and the cold dark depths below us. As each thought weighed so heavily on us, we had to let our minds go. Some of us let the waves take us where we were meant to be..some of us are still swimming in that dark night, desperately reaching for some semblance of normalcy, gathering pieces of the world that once was.
Well that was extremely poetic and confusing Patrick. You have no doubt written and entire drab piece of poetic nonsense that made sense to you at the time then deleted it. These people have been scrolling through their Facebook reels and have no time for this. Get to the point Sir!!
Ok....fine..
You have heard the term people are waking up. In our best human effort to rationalise things with logic we came up with woke. When you are woke, the whole world is a lie. When you are woke, you succumb to the absolute worst toxic human qualities. You are easily angered and offended with almost everything in society. People become hateful to you, racist, misogynist, abusive and ignorant. You see the world as a terrible place, more than likely you suffer from deep depression and anxiety. Mental illness, trauma, PTSD and suicidal tenancies rule your life as we place a high value on prescription drugs and the glorification of therapy and talking to people about your trauma. Instead of working on yourself and becoming your best self, you spend countless hours trying to change others and their belief systems. You believe the world is the problem, not you.
You may have in fact stopped reading at this point to type an angry online response to this article without reading it fully. Maybe you read the title and decided that I am a racist for some reason.
I am here to say, there is nothing wrong with you. You are exactly where you should be right now. You may be depressed, anxious and angry. Sometimes you don't even know why.
It is because you pick up on the feelings of others and you feel things very deeply. Awakened is not above Woke. Its not a class or a type...it is a part of your journey. Who you are right now is not who you will be. One day you may look back on your anger or how you felt with love, understanding and acceptance...or you may not, it is your choice.
Awakened people are not ignorant to the lies, destruction and malice in the world. They simply refuse to further it. Awakened people follow their heart. We have all experienced forms of extreme darkness, we have all been through this tunnel of darkness. Being awakened means that you have come out of the other side more loving. The work it takes to truly love yourself is the hardest part of your journey. Awakened people accept themselves, love themselves and follow their soul. They understand that filling their own cup or eternal wellspring allows them to give love, peace, empathy and understanding to the world. Change comes from within. Ir-regardless of your spiritual path, methods or teachings the end result is love.
There is no better than, no higher or lower form. Only different stages or parts of your path.
You are needed, you are loved and you are here for great things.
I love you.
Patrick Phelan Ackroyd
April 2023
"In the process of growth, the oak is not better than the acorn; because what does it do? It produces acorns! Or you could say that a chicken is one egg’s way of becoming others. So an oak is an acorn’s way of becoming other acorns. Where is the point of superiority?" - Alan Watts
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