For many people, the idea of Enlightement is like, "I can't possibly
enlightened. Enlightenment takes millions of lifetimes."
To which, I can only respond, "Starting when???"
First of all, how do you know you are not at the END of those
millions of lifetimes, eh??? Perhaps this is the one you've been
waiting for. Look at all the people waking up. Certainly you've been
around as long as them.
But looking at it from some different viewpoints: How do you know it
takes millions of lifetimes? How do you know there even is more than
one lifetime? How many lifetimes have you had within THIS lifetime?
Within this Moment?
The point is that NOW is the only time to wake up...not in some
anticipated future, which is contemplated in the NOW. There is only
this moment. This moment IS the now, and it is the time to Wake Up!
As it is stated above, the purpose of this blog is about Awakening. It all started, in a way with Kyle MacDonald. If you don't know about him, I suggest you check out his website at http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ Kyle decided he wanted a house and wondered what how he could get it. He decided he would utilize the idea of the game "Bigger and Better" to trade one red paper clip up until he got a house, and he did it. This caused me to think. My teacher used to say, "Be Bold. If you want to hunt, try for rhinoceros. If you want to steal, go for the government reserve. If you fail, everyone will say, 'It couldn't be done,' and if you succeed, everyone will say, 'How Great!" Into my mind came the words, "One Million Awake" and I decided to start this website and blog. Please feel free to subscribe, etc. and to visit the website itself (if you didn't come from there) at www.onemillionawake.com. I have chosen this space to blog as ...