In short, the Awakening was a series of realizations that (1) I was not a me, (2) no one was a me, and (3) everything and everyone is an undivided expression of the wholeness of pure unconditioned love and innate goodness. These realizations were my true identity! This was the base reality of all life-forms.

When my awareness and intuition arrived simultaneously at the source of sound, I arrived at the intersection of each of the other senses and the four intuitive markers previously placed by me. When I went to place the fifth mental marker, I deeply saw that I was not there! I was not here! Not only was there no me directing the source of the five se

I had a teacher suggest that I maintain an 80/20 rule. This means that I maintain 80 percent of my awareness on my inner processing and experiences and place, at most, 20 percent of my awareness on the person I am interacting with or other external interactions.

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this direct experience of true reality, opened to a further realization: everything and everyone is made of pure, connected, unified, unconditioned love and innate goodness. This brought tears of unsurpassed joy, relief, and profound trust in the benevolence of the universe.

and relax. When you notice your awareness has shifted away from awareness of the breath, gently and kindly return it without criticism or self-judgment.

Innate Goodness Practice › Close your eyes. Seating yourself in a comfortable position, place your hands in your lap or high on your thighs. Take a few deep belly breaths inhaling and exhaling as thoroughly as possible. Feel your feet on the ground while noticing the support of the floor in the building you are in. See if you can feel the support o

In the moment of Awakening, while my consciousness was landing more fully in the absence of a self, another realization flashed into my consciousness. Everything and everyone is without a me, a separate and distinct self.

While our inner foundation can shift in a big First Awakening, it then takes rigorous investigation to uncover what in us is incongruent with the truth revealed in a First Awakening.