I listened to a Buddhist monk, and I immediately recognized the peaceful energy he carried. Not just the words... the vibration. The calm presence.

I knew that feeling because I lived in deep meditation for nearly two years myself.

I withdrew from the noise of the world. I let go of attachments. I lost almost everything society told me mattered:  money, comfort, identity, certainty.

Yet somehow, through the surrender, 

I gained far more.

I gained Peace.

I gained Wisdom.

I gained my Higher Self.

I gained Gnosis, not belief or blind faith, but inner knowing.

That knowing does not come from memorizing teachings. It comes through experience, silence, stillness, observation, suffering, and surrender.

One thing Buddhists and I strongly align on is the understanding of cycles and reincarnation. Not only after death, but within this life itself. There have been many times on my journey where an old version of me seemed to die so that a new version could emerge. Looking back, it feels as though I have lived many lifetimes within a single lifetime. 

Imagine a hamster wheel. Have you ever noticed the same situations, emotional patterns, relationships, and lessons repeating over and over again? Different faces. Different places. Same energy.

There are layers to the wheel.

There is the wheel within this lifetime. Repeating wounds, patterns, and lessons. Then there is the greater Soul Wheel. Deeper cycles unfolding across lifetimes, intertwined with the evolution of consciousness itself.

As Above, So Below.

As Within, So Without.

As the Soul, So the Universe.

The deeper I went inward, the more I understood that reality has layers hidden beneath the surface. Healing has layers. Truth has layers. Even the self has layers.

At one point, I honestly thought maybe I would become a Buddhist monk as my backup plan for life. Because when your mission is to Awaken the World, and most humans are wearing blinders and can't see or hear what you're saying, and then you discover you're vibrating at a frequency that even awakened people don't seem to comprehend… a backup plan starts sounding pretty appealing. 

Then I discovered monks are traditionally not allowed to sing or dance.

And I knew immediately… that path was not mine.

I am grateful for the Buddhist monk who introduced me to the meditation chant, "Samma Arahang."

As I listened to the guided meditation and chanted along with him, I felt a profound sensation in my Third Eye unlike anything I had experienced before. Each time I returned to that meditation, I felt the same sensation arise again, deepening my awareness and connection. 

I learned about Indigenous cultures through school, movies, and the environment around me. Yet little did I know that the connection I felt seemed to come from something much deeper and more ancient within me.

A couple of years ago, I watched a short clip about the Trail of Tears. What happened next was unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I began crying the deepest tears I had ever felt. The grief felt ancient, overwhelming, and far beyond ordinary emotion. The pain in my heart became so intense I had to turn the video off because it felt unbearable.

A few days later, while sharing the experience with my Daughter, those same tears returned. The pain rushed back as though something deep within me was mourning, remembering, or connecting to the suffering in a way I cannot fully explain with words.

I believe these experiences affected me so deeply because they spoke to the Essence of my Soul. They felt undeniably real to me. The grief felt older than this lifetime, as though it belonged to a story much larger than my own. 

Throughout history, many cultures have spoken of certain energies, archetypes, and sacred roles appearing again and again through different people and different times.

The names may change.

The cultures may change.

Yet the essence remains the same.

Throughout my Awakening, I found myself drawn again and again to the wisdom carried through Indigenous traditions, to the sacred relationship between humanity and the Earth, and to the teachings of those who honored life as interconnected and holy.

I came to know that some Souls are entrusted with carrying ancient memories and energies into new generations. Not as a repetition of the past, but as a living continuation of healing, compassion, remembrance, and service. 

These experiences Awakened an even deeper love for humanity and strengthened my commitment to healing, the Earth, and the wisdom that has been preserved across generations.

That same respect for Indigenous wisdom continued appearing throughout my Awakening Journey.

I once listened to a Native elder speak about alcohol and how it can lower a person's vibration, disconnect them from inner clarity, and leave them more vulnerable to destructive thoughts, behaviors, and influences. In many traditions, these influences are sometimes described as negative spirits, energies, or forces that thrive when people become disconnected from themselves.

It made me think deeply: imagine how different the world might be if teachings like that were shared with us as children.

Early in my Awakening Journey, I heard someone say that even one alcoholic drink could lower your vibration for up to ten days.

Whether that is literally true or symbolic, the message stayed with me.

I had already stopped drinking, and I realized I truly had no desire to feel disconnected from my Soul, my True Self, or my Higher Awareness.

I spent time listening to an Atheist duo online. They were highly intelligent and frequently invited Christians onto their live show. What often began as conversations would eventually become thoughtful debates where religious beliefs were challenged and examined.

I understand why many Atheists feel the way they do.

When you begin looking closely at religious teachings, church history, contradictions, translations, and interpretations, many questions naturally arise.

My own family includes Atheists, even my Son. The subject was rarely discussed beyond their saying they did not believe in God, yet I understand how many people reach that conclusion. 

Ironically, that Atheist live show taught me a bit about the Bible itself.

Even after my Awakening, I still had little desire, and perhaps limited capacity, to read the Bible in its entirety.

That may sound surprising.

During the months following my wormhole experience, I did not realize I was being shown anything at all. I simply lived in a state of profound inner knowing, without any awareness of what was actually happening.

The moment I was zapped back down to Earth, I was no longer the same person.

I understood the Soul, the balance of Feminine and Masculine Energy, Divine Union, and experienced myself as one with God. I knew who I was, and I also knew I had agreed to a mission, although I had no idea what I had signed up for because I knew almost nothing about religion or religious programming.

Only later did I begin to recognize that some of what I had experienced revealed itself over time. Some moments only made sense as events gradually unfolded in the years that followed.

What I came to understand did not come from a book or a preacher. It arose from within, through stillness, and what I experienced as direct guidance from the Divine.

Only years later, when I began exploring the Bible, history, and different spiritual traditions, was I surprised to discover how closely many of my experiences and understandings paralleled what teachers, mystics, and spiritual paths had been describing for centuries. Including some of the teachings attributed to Jesus.

For a long time, I assumed Jesus had written the Bible Himself. That was simply the impression I had gathered from the way many people spoke about it.

Later, I learned that Jesus did not write the Bible at all. What surprised me even more was discovering that the Old Testament had been written centuries before Jesus was born, meaning He would have grown up learning from those earlier teachings and scriptures.

That realization raised an important question for me:

How could so much emphasis be placed on Jesus while so little attention was given to the spiritual traditions, history, and teachings that came before Him?

At times, it felt as though people spoke about history as though humanity had suddenly appeared with Jesus, rather than recognizing the thousands of years of civilizations, wisdom traditions, and spiritual teachings that came before Him.

The more I learned, the more I found myself wanting to understand the bigger picture.

One point Atheists frequently make is that the God portrayed in parts of the Bible can appear harsh, violent, or difficult to reconcile with the idea of an All-Loving Creator.

I understand that perspective.

As someone who has always been highly sensitive to energy and emotion, some of the stories I encountered in the Bible were difficult for me to process. Stories involving violence, punishment, suffering, and fear often left me with more questions than answers.

I found myself wishing that some of the deeper spiritual lessons could have been presented in ways that felt more symbolic, compassionate, healing, and easier for children to understand.

I learned early that the higher-mind remembers everything... so I choose wisely what I give it to hold.

That is called imprinting. 

Some of the stories in the Bible feel deeply traumatizing to me. I understand they are meaningful to many people, yet because I have never become desensitized to violence, I am not sure I will ever read the Bible in its entirety.

Even so, my questions did not end there. If anything, they only deepened. 

At the same time, I also came to feel that some Atheists may be rejecting more than religion.

To me, religion and God are not even close to being the same thing.

The fact remains that neither Jesus nor God physically wrote the Bible. Human beings did. Human beings translated it, interpreted it, selected which books would be included, and passed those interpretations from generation to generation.

My interest was never in defending one religion or disproving another.

What fascinated me was the realization that many spiritual traditions seemed to contain pieces of the same larger truth.

I found teachings about love, forgiveness, compassion, healing, prayer, energy, consciousness, and inner transformation appearing across cultures and throughout history.

At the same time, I also found contradictions, divisions, fear-based teachings, and interpretations that did not resonate with my experiences.

The deeper I explored, the more it seemed that humanity had been given many pieces of a much larger puzzle.

Perhaps the path forward is not choosing one piece while rejecting all others.

Perhaps it is recognizing the wisdom within each tradition, releasing what creates division, and bringing the pieces together in a way that helps humanity remember who we truly are.

TO ME, THAT FEELS MUCH CLOSER TO UNITY.

One of the most common questions Atheists ask is why suffering exists at all.

These are questions I have wrestled with myself.

Through my own experiences and spiritual exploration, I arrived at a different perspective.

I came to believe that we are far more than our physical bodies and that the Soul's Journey may extend far beyond a single lifetime.

Many spiritual traditions teach that Souls enter this world with purpose:

To Learn, Grow, Heal, and Evolve.

I came to believe that some lessons and challenges are chosen before birth as part of a greater journey of remembrance and becoming. Whether or not others embrace that view, it gave me a gentler lens through which to understand suffering and a more peaceful way of making sense of my own.

Rather than seeing life's challenges as proof that God is absent, I began to wonder whether there are aspects of existence that cannot be fully understood from our limited human perspective.

This does not make suffering easy.

Nor does it remove the compassion we should feel for those who are hurting.

Yet it changed how I viewed the question.

For me, the purpose of the Soul is not simply comfort. It is growth, learning, remembering, and becoming.

Perhaps part of Awakening is recognizing that there may be a greater purpose unfolding beneath experiences we do not yet fully understand.

After my own experiences, I came to believe that whatever God truly is, it is far greater, far more loving, and far less limited than many human descriptions allow. My Awakening also left me with a deep knowing that creation did not end long ago. The Divine is still creating, still revealing, and still inviting humanity to grow. 

In the end, I found myself agreeing with Atheists on some things, religious people on others, and neither side completely.

That realization inspired me to keep searching. Not for the "right" label or belief, but for the deeper truth that has the power to unite us.

June 28, 2026

As I make the final revisions to this book, I learned this evening that many Atheists don't believe they have a Soul.

If that is you, I have one suggestion.

Watch a few Near-Death Experience (NDE) accounts from people who were Atheists before their NDE.

Trust me, I get it. Religion doesn't make sense to me either.

Yet to me, energy and the Soul have become more real than anything I was ever taught.

Without them, none of us would exist.

Near-Death Experiences and Consciousness

As I continued exploring consciousness, spirituality, and the possibility that awareness may exist beyond the physical body. I found myself deeply drawn to stories from people who had near-death experiences.

People from different cultures, religions, ages, and backgrounds often returned describing remarkably similar themes.

Many spoke of overwhelming peace.

Unconditional Love.

A feeling of being connected to everything.

Some described leaving their physical body and observing events from above. Others spoke of light, life reviews, spiritual beings, or a feeling of returning "home."

What fascinated me most was not whether every detail matched perfectly, but how often the deeper message remained the same.

Many people returned less afraid of death, more compassionate, more connected, and more aware of how deeply our actions affect one another.

Again and again, one message seemed to echo through their stories:

Love matters.

Connection matters.

How we treat one another matters.

Many also returned saying the physical world no longer felt like the full picture of reality.

Some described consciousness continuing beyond the body. Others spoke of life on Earth as a place of learning, healing, growth, and spiritual evolution.

Before my Awakening, I cannot say with certainty how I would have received these stories... only that openness has always lived in me, even before I had the experiences to match it. 

Yet after what I experienced in 2018, I found myself listening differently. Not from blind belief, but from curiosity, recognition, and the feeling that humanity still understands very little about consciousness, the soul, and the true nature of existence.

The more stories I heard, the more I noticed another pattern.

Many people who returned from near-death experiences no longer seemed overly concerned with status, wealth, appearance, or social division.

Instead, they spoke about kindness, relationships, nature, inner peace, gratitude, and being fully present in life.

It made me wonder whether modern humanity has become distracted from the things that matter most.

I do not claim to have all the answers.

I am still exploring.

Still questioning.

Still learning.

Yet the deeper I looked into these experiences, the harder it became to ignore the possibility that human consciousness extends far beyond what we currently understand.

Whether these experiences are glimpses into another reality, encounters with deeper levels of consciousness, or something else entirely, they continue to raise important questions about who we are and why we are here.

And once again, the same message seemed to echo through it all:

Love is the most important thing. 

I met a guru who was clearly aligned with nature, the ancestors, natural healing, energy, the Earth, vibrations, frequencies, and the understanding that love is one of the most important forces in existence. 

He believed in healing through herbs and many other natural methods.

Yet the moment the word “God” was mentioned, something within him seemed to resist.

What I have come to understand is that humanity has created countless labels for what may ultimately be pointing toward the same deeper source or truth.

There are many awakened people who believe everything exists within you. That you are god, your own creator, and the one holding the power. And to a certain extent, I believe that is true. We do carry creative power within us. We have free will, consciousness, and the ability to shape our lives through our choices, thoughts, and actions.

Yet I also believe there is something greater taking place beyond the self alone.

It brings me back to the ancient understanding:

"As above, so below. 

As within, so without."

What exists within us also reflects the greater universe around us.

To me, God is not only within you...  

God is also beyond you. 

The Divine exists both internally and externally at the same time.

Yes, we have the power to create and choose our path. Yet I also believe each of us has a Divine Path. A deeper purpose that exists whether we are aware of it or not. Through our choices, we can align with that path, resist it, or wander from it for a time. 

Going within is how I discovered my Divine Path!

During my own Awakening, I felt as though I had been shown the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and felt it, long before I understood the journey to reach it. Then I was suddenly back on Earth, realizing I still had the path ahead of me. The years that followed became an unfolding of that journey, one lesson at a time.

We are free to make our own choices, yet there are times when life seems to gently redirect us, close a door that is not yet meant to open, or ask us to wait until the next step is ready to unfold. To me, that is Divine Will.  Looking back, many of those moments only made sense in hindsight. 

My own experience has led me to believe that recognizing Divine Will requires deep inner balance, humility, and spiritual maturity. Only then can we begin to discern the difference between personal will and Divine alignment.

Like I said, I was in deep meditation for about two years and became very in tune with nature and signs from the Universe. 

Over the last couple of years, after stepping out into the world in the way I felt spiritually guided to, mostly online, I began interacting with many different groups of people, including Christians.

What surprised me was how different my understanding of Jesus had become from many of the Christians I encountered.

I have great respect for Jesus.

Through my spiritual experiences, I came to see Him as a powerful example of Divine Love, compassion, healing, forgiveness, and service to humanity.

To me, He became a living example of what is possible when someone becomes deeply aligned with the Divine.

At the same time, I found myself questioning many of the teachings that had been built around Him.

As I explored meditation, inner stillness, consciousness, energy, and the Soul, I began noticing that some of the things I was experiencing did not seem to align with many of the interpretations I was hearing from churches and religious leaders.

Rather than pulling me away from Jesus, those experiences led me to look more deeply into His life and teachings.

In my experience, much of modern Christianity has become rooted in fear.

Many believers are taught to be cautious of anything outside of what they hear from religious leaders.

Yet when I look at the life and teachings of Jesus, I see love, compassion, kindness, forgiveness, and service.

At times, I found myself struggling with the contrast between those teachings and the anger, judgment, and division I encountered from some who claimed to follow Him.

Too often, conversations quickly turned toward words like repent, blasphemy, and rebuke, with little openness to explore perspectives beyond what had already been taught. To me, it sometimes felt as though questioning was discouraged rather than welcomed.

Over time, I also realized that many people identify as Christian simply because it is the tradition they inherited. Yet I often wondered how many had truly paused to ask what following Christ meant to them personally, beyond doctrine, denomination, or fear.

After my Awakening, one of the questions that kept resurfacing for me was why so many Christians understood Jesus and God to be one and the same.

Many of the Christians I encountered spoke of Jesus as God. Yet when I began exploring the Bible for myself, I found verses referring to Jesus as the Son of God, alongside statements such as, "I and the Father are one."

Those passages stirred my curiosity because, through my own experiences, I had already come to understand that we are all one with God, that every Soul is created equal, and that I saw Jesus not as someone separate from humanity, but as our Brother and a living example of what is possible when we become fully aligned with the Divine.

As I mentioned in an earlier chapter, another question that kept resurfacing for me was the Bible itself and its many versions. Add to that more than 40,000 denominations of Christianity, each claiming their interpretation is the correct one. 

I could not help but wonder: if Truth is One, why has our understanding become so divided? 

To me, that division became less a reflection of Jesus and more a reflection of the human institutions built around Him. 

I also received a very different understanding of the Holy Spirit during my Awakening, though that is a conversation about energy for another time.

I Knew Catholics

My connection to Catholics is deeply personal, as many of my friends throughout my life have been Catholic.

One of my closest friends was born into the Catholic faith, and we have been friends since we were two years old.

As kids, I remember going to the church basement with her and sneaking a few wafers. Those simple moments made Catholicism feel less like an institution and more like a familiar part of my childhood.

Of course, at the time, I had no clue that many Catholics believed the wafers held a much deeper spiritual meaning. To me, they were simply little church snacks.

Over the years, she helped me better understand energy, frequency, and the importance of the environment we surround ourselves with.

She has always lived differently from much of society. She spends time in nature, walks outdoors often, eats intentionally, maintains strong boundaries, and limits the negativity and chaos entering her life and energetic field, even if she is unaware of that field itself.

As a child, her family's devotion to the church was unlike anything I had experienced. Their faith was total, all-encompassing, woven into every part of daily life. Church was not simply something they attended on Sundays. It shaped the rhythm of their week and the way they lived. Yet as I grew older, I began recognizing something deeper beneath that structure: discipline, simplicity, devotion, and a way of living that protected her peace and energy. 

She never seemed drawn to many of the behaviors or distractions that society often normalizes. 

During periods when I felt isolated from much of the world, she remained present in my life. I came to realize that while many people seemed to drift away during those years, only a small handful of high-vibration individuals remained consistently within my energy field.

What really caught my attention was that whenever my own energy seemed to dip, often following difficult interactions with family, I would find myself reconnecting with friends who were experiencing suffering and whose energy felt heavier. At the same time, my connection with her seemed to become less active. After noticing this pattern repeatedly over time, I couldn't help but find it intriguing.

During that season, very few people remained close to me energetically aside from my Awakened Daughter, my Father, his Wife, and this lifelong friend.

My Reiki Experience with a Catholic

I recently received Reiki from a Reiki Master who also carried a strong Catholic influence, and I was surprised by what she sensed within me. She felt deep grief stored in my abdomen that was ready to be released.

This happened during the New Moon in Taurus, and later I discovered many people associated that moon with releasing grief and emotional heaviness on both a personal and collective level.

Even as a Reiki Master myself, I recognize and value the gifts others carry. Much of my healing journey has been deeply internal. Financial limitations, combined with what often felt like an energetic season of isolation, meant much of my healing, growth, and understanding unfolded from within.

At the same time, I struggled deeply with how anyone could continue supporting the Catholic Church while turning a blind eye to the abuse that had occurred within it, particularly involving children.

When I Awakened and began learning more about institutional corruption and difficult chapters of history, the Catholic Church became one of the hardest things for me to forgive.

My struggle was never with the loving people I knew within the church. It was with the harm that had been allowed to occur and the silence that so often surrounded it.

I want to be clear that I am not singling out the Catholic Church. Many religious organizations, spiritual movements, corporations, and institutions throughout history have faced serious moral failures. I am not placing myself above any of it. I have had my own struggles, mistakes, and lessons in morality and growth.

More recently, I learned of Catholic schools closing and dioceses filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. It raised difficult questions for me about institutions, accountability, and responsibility. In many ways, it reminded me that truth has a way of surfacing over time, and eventually people and institutions are asked to respond to it.

Some of the kindest, most loving, and most spiritually grounded people I have known have been Catholic.

That only reinforced what I had always believed: institutions and individuals are not the same thing.

Like many of us, countless people inherited the beliefs and traditions they were raised with. Only in recent years, with information more readily available than ever before, have many begun questioning what was handed down to them and exploring those beliefs for themselves.

As I explored different religions and spiritual traditions, I found wisdom that resonated with me and teachings that did not. Rather than believing one tradition held all the answers, I came to see each as holding pieces of a much larger puzzle.

At the end of the day, the question is not who was right or wrong.

The deeper question is this:

What will it take for us to remember our shared humanity and UNITE?

I finally put my finger on what feels different about Mormons.

It is a feeling.
A frequency.

Not exactly the same feeling I experienced around the Buddhist monk I mentioned earlier, yet a similar sense of peace, kindness, and gentleness.

I have found Mormons to be one of the kindest groups of people I have encountered. In my personal experiences with them, whether it was the two young women studying the Book of Mormon at a table next to me who confirmed the information about April 6th, the Mormon family I grew up around, my Daughter's best friend's parents, or several people I have met online, they have generally seemed open, respectful, and willing to have thoughtful conversations with others.

At one point, I asked AI to outline the differences between Mormon beliefs and more traditional Christian beliefs. Because I have always struggled with reading comprehension, outlines and charts have made it much easier for me to compare different beliefs. As I did, I discovered aspects of the Mormon perspective that I could genuinely understand and appreciate. The more I explore different religions and spiritual paths, the more I see that many belief systems seem to hold pieces of a much larger picture. 

One aspect of Mormon belief that resonated with me was the idea that God continues to guide humanity today. Rather than looking only to the past, it leaves room for continued revelation and the possibility that humanity is still growing, learning, and unfolding.

Personally, I believe humanity would benefit greatly from coming together, recognizing the wisdom, love, and truth that can be found across many traditions, and focusing less on division. When we begin uniting around what uplifts humanity, supports healing, and restores balance to the Earth, we move closer to the path the Divine intended for us.

I also learned that many Mormons believe Jesus Christ was born on April 6th, and that Joseph Smith officially founded the church on April 6th as well.

Yes...

April 6th.

My birthday.

My direct experiences with Jewish and Muslim communities have been more limited than my experiences with some of the other groups I have written about.

I did spend time listening to online discussions where people from different faiths debated one another. One particular discussion involved a panel of Jewish participants and a Christian guest.

What struck me most was not who was right or wrong.

It was the division.

The conversation often felt less like people searching for truth together and more like people defending positions.

At times, it reminded me of a political debate... that theater of dysfunction where those entrusted with leadership choose instead to perform ugliness for an audience. On both sides. 

Everyone seemed convinced they had the answer, yet very few appeared willing to consider that someone else might hold a piece of the puzzle as well.

That made me sad.

Not because people disagreed.

Disagreement can be healthy.

What saddened me was how often the search for truth seemed to be replaced by the need to be right.

My only direct interaction with a rabbi online was brief. Much like some of my experiences with priests, the conversation ended quickly once I began asking questions that fell outside traditional beliefs. 

AND THEY ARE QUICK TO MUTE!

At the same time, one of the kindest people I ever met was Jewish.

We never really discussed religious beliefs. Whenever the topic came up, she would simply smile and say, "We are Jew."

That was enough.

I would smile back and quietly think to myself, I have no idea what that means.

We simply enjoyed one another's company and shared genuine friendship.

She passed away not long after we became friends, and her loss affected me deeply.

That experience reminded me of something important.

Long before we know someone's religion, politics, culture, or beliefs, we experience their energy, their character, and the way they treat others.

The deeper I explored different faiths and traditions, the more I found myself arriving at the same conclusion.

Human beings have created many paths.

Many names.

Many traditions.

Many interpretations.

Yet beneath them all, I often sensed the same longing:

To understand why we are here.

To understand what happens when we die.

To understand our connection to one another, to the Earth, and to the Divine.

The labels may be different.

The rituals may be different.

The language may be different.

Yet the questions are often the same.

And perhaps, somewhere beneath all of those differences, we are searching for the same truth.

Those Deconstructing Religion

To those deconstructing religion, I offer this perspective:

If your understanding is based solely on books, teachings, doctrines, or the opinions of others, without personal experience or direct inner exploration, it may be difficult to know what is truly true.

In my view, knowledge can be studied, debated, and analyzed.

Wisdom comes through experience.

Some truths are not found in books.

They are discovered through living, questioning, seeking, feeling, and experiencing life for yourself. Through going within. 

 As it says in Psalms 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God." 

It is actually my favorite verse because I came to know God through stillness, before I had ever attempted to read the Bible. That and the synchronicity of the numbers!

What I find most fascinating is that so much energy is spent debating scriptures and defending beliefs, while so little attention is given to understanding our bodies as energetic beings and the multidimensional nature of the Soul.  

As humanity remembers the true nature of the SOUL, many of our religious debates will naturally fall away. 

Many who walk a path of inner awakening greet one another with a simple word: 

Namaste

The word comes from two Sanskrit roots:

namas = bow, reverence, honor, or adoration

te = to you

The literal translation of Namaste is:

"I bow to you."  or  "My respectful greetings to you."

Over time, the word has also come to be understood more poetically as:

"The Divine in me honors the Divine in you."

or

"The light in me recognizes the light in you."

When you truly Awaken, you begin to see that The Divine Spirit is far greater than any single religion.

Across cultures and traditions, people have used many names to describe this sacred presence: the Soul, the Higher Self, Divine Consciousness, Source, Creator, Great Spirit, the Holy Spirit, Life Force, Chi, Qi, Prana, Universal Intelligence, Divine Energy, and the Breath of Life.

Though the names differ, many point toward the same unseen reality.

As my awareness expanded, I came to see that the Soul, Consciousness, and Energy exist beyond the boundaries of man-made systems. I also began noticing how religious divisions have often separated humanity into different groups, beliefs, and identities, creating conflict where unity could exist.

When you experience energy directly and begin to recognize yourself as a spiritual being having a human experience, something changes.

You realize that your connection to the Divine does not require an institution, a building, or another person standing between you and God.

THE SOUL ALREADY KNOWS THE WAY.

I sometimes joke that my backup plan is to disappear into the mountains or live off-grid in the jungle and let humanity continue arguing with itself.

Many awakened people reach a point where they grow tired of trying to convince others of what they have experienced... 

They have spent years pointing toward love, inner transformation, healing, self-discovery, and direct connection with the Divine, only to be dismissed, misunderstood, or ignored.

 One of my first TikTok videos was titled:

"As the Universe Flows and Shifts, So Too Must Wisdom Evolve to Stay Aligned with Truth."

It began with these words:

"Even Thoth rewrote his wisdom. 

When was the last time you questioned yours?

 A box made of light is still a box."

I understand that my message may be unconventional. Many have been taught to see God as "He" and Jesus as God, but I can offer a deeper perspective on these understandings.

The message was primarily directed toward Christians, yet the invitation extends to all of us: to question the beliefs we have inherited with openness, humility, and curiosity. Regardless of our tradition, a box made of light is still a box.

Over time, I came to realize that genuine Awakening cannot be forced. Each person arrives there in their own time.

Some begin their search within religion and discover deeper truths by questioning it. Others find them through nature, suffering, prayer, meditation, service, or deep self-reflection.

My experience has been that direct experience teaches far more than belief alone.

That does not mean religion contains no truth. Far from it. I found wisdom in many traditions. At the same time, I often questioned interpretations that seemed to place greater importance on doctrine than transformation, or belief than experience.

Perhaps that is why so many awakened people arrive at a similar realization:

Truth is not something another person can hand you.

It is something you must discover for yourself.

The video ended with a question that has stayed with me ever since:

"Why is it we have to go way down to ascend so high?"

Looking back on my own journey, I think I know the answer.

Sometimes what feels like falling is actually the beginning of Awakening.

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"WHAT I CAME TO BELIEVE"