What does awakening mean to you? Awakening as defined by spiritual teacher and bestselling author Eckart Tolle is actually a “personal or collective challenge that promotes change”. When that happens, we have two choices, we can either turn to deeper, egocentric patterns of negativity and magnify the conflict and the unconscious reactions...or the other choice is we can become more conscious. And we can shift out of reactive mode and out of egocentric patterns to awaken to other possibilities, and positive outcomes of change. By making the personal decision to listen to today's session, you have already made a conscious choice, a conscious choice to awaken and find out more. 

In this episode, we will clarify some of the assumptions about spiritual awakenings, and discuss a few of the symptoms or clues that people might possibly go through. The story of the “Eagle And The Crow” by Solera provides us with a basic framework on what it's like for the ego to be awakened. In the following story, imagine that you are the eagle in this scenario, the only bird that dares to pack or pester an eagle is the crow. The crow sits on the eagle’s back and bites at his neck. The eagle chooses not to respond nor fight with the crow. It does not spend time or energy on the crow at all. Instead, the eagle just opens his wings and begins to rise higher and higher into the heavens. The higher the flight, the harder it is for the crow to breathe and eventually, the crow falls off due to lack of oxygen. We can learn from the eagle to not fight the crows in our lives and to just keep ascending. They might be irritating, or they might be along for just the ride. But they'll soon fall off as you continue to ascend. Do not allow yourself to succumb to distractions. Keep your focus on the awakening. Keep your focus on the things above you as you continue to rise, says Solera in the lesson of the “Eagle And The Crow.” 

When we apply Eckart’s definition of awakening to this story, there is a beautiful analogy as the eagle makes a conscious decision to ignore the challenge of the crow and to continue to rise until the problem falls away. Admittedly, awakening means several different things to several different people. In the following episode we will explore a variety of symptoms or clues that accompany the awakening process. So, call in awakening, “Call IT in with Dar” 

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