Comments on: I’m Awake, I’ve Arrived, Now What? https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-i%e2%80%99m-awake-i%e2%80%99ve-arrived-now-what/ Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Annette https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-i%e2%80%99m-awake-i%e2%80%99ve-arrived-now-what/#comment-3635 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:53:15 +0000 http://deepakchopra.com/?p=1257#comment-3635 Bianca that was so eloquently written. I just googled “awakening – I’m awake, now what?!” LOL There is a big difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. It’s one baby step at a time and goes through cycles of exhilaration and deflation for me but every step is wiser and every exhilaration and deflation seems to become more humbled. Sometimes I wish I was asleep again, other times I am concerned for my sanity and other times I am grateful for the perspective that I have. What a ride!

]]> By: BiancaWCobain https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-i%e2%80%99m-awake-i%e2%80%99ve-arrived-now-what/#comment-3634 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:09:09 +0000 http://deepakchopra.com/?p=1257#comment-3634 I keep imagining the state of bliss that must exist when one is fully awake. I imagine that the awakened would be able to walk on water, heal the sick and raise the dead, should the need arise, or even for his/her pleasure. Perhaps we are all not called to do some of these things.

Is being awake like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, where even the laws of gravity have to succumb to the glory of God? You know, since it’s all an illusion. Or, perhaps my lack of awakened understanding shines brightly, here?

I heard it once said, although I am not sure where, ‘I am not enlightened because I do not have the joy and peace that enlightenment brings.’

I have read The Third Jesus, as well as Tolle’s Awakening to a New Earth… I loved them both and they were very similar so felt no inward contradictions. Before each read, I was impassioned and excited. Afterwards, however, I felt quite deflated. Why the dip in emotion? I believe what I have read to be true, but yet I was almost sorrowful. I can’t explain why. Now, I have purchased “How To Know God.” I am cautiously excited.

I wonder if what I want from a relationship with God is different than what God wants from me. To be able to talk with Him on a daily basis. To move beyond the world of signs and defy the chaos of this life. To love purely. This seems like Godly pursuits.

I wonder if I only like the way this all sounds, but beyond reading… the implementation… perhaps I don’t really want to change. It feels like I want to, but maybe the idea of a better me is all I really want. The chaos and occasional, I don’t know. Perhaps true faith is to believe that life can exist without these.

Thank you for listening, Deepak.

Sincerely,

Bianca

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