The Inner Revolution of Your Own Spiritual Awakening

"A lot of people at the moment
are looking for a revolution.

They are seeing corruption in the government,
corruption in religion, corruption in the economy.

They are seeing that the powers that be
have been pulling the wool over their eyes
for quite some time
and now that they are aware of it,
they are not accepting the corruption anymore.

But there is another corruption that is happening.

And that is unconsciousness.
People are a prisoner of their own thoughts & feelings.
Whatever thoughts arise, that is their experience.

And at the core of that experience
is the feeling of separateness,
of feeling separate from peace,
separate from consciousness,
of feeling separate from everything
and therefore in conflict with the world.

And so for spiritual awakening to happen,
there has to be an inner revolution.

There has to be the same resolve to turn your attention deeply
into what is here in this moment and find out the truth of what you are
beyond the thoughts.

There has to be the resolve to stop being distracted
by all of the junk that entertains you just enough
so that the day has gone by and you were never present

and actually feel this moment
without defining it, describing it, judging it.

There has to be the willingness
to take all of the steps necessary
to purify & awaken the body and mind enough
so that you can realize what is here.

There should be the courage and resolve
to be present in this moment
even if it hurts, even if it is uncomfortable.

If you are angry, to have the courage to feel that anger
instead of letting it out, instead of justifying it.

If you have addictions and bad habits
to be willing to feel the essence of those desires
instead of giving into them.

If you are bored, if you are working,
if you stub your toe, if you feel hurt
there must be the willingness to feel it,
to experience this moment completely
in all of its pains and pleasures
without seeking to escape them.

Not to fixate on them, but to simply allow them to be fully.

The moment you choose to be awake in this moment
or even just giving yourself fully to trying to be present in this moment,
life takes on a whole new meaning.

Even if it hurts, even if its hard,
you begin to experience
the infinite depths of this moment
and there is incredible freedom in that.

Just by giving your attention fully
to experiencing what is here beyond thinking
you have opened the door
for truth to reveal itself.

Much love,

Kip"