Jul 3, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
What if the way you see yourself isn't actually the truth? So much of how we see ourselves is shaped by our conditioning, our achievements, our fears, and the stories we've carried for years. But…
Grace ChonHost
A lot of people talk about spiritual awakening in terms like being asleep and now you're awake.
But I also just wanted to add more to it because I feel like awakening really is about learning to see the truth of reality.
see that through a different level of awareness from a different level of consciousness, and then understand how you fit into this entire ecosystem of reality that exists.
So when somebody says something like someone is asleep, I think what that means is people are going through life with one level of awareness, one level of perspective, and they don't know that they can look at life through a different level of awareness.
So if you only understand your reality to be you in this three-dimensional meat suit and that is it, then that is one level of awareness.
But I believe we are more than just these meat suits that we inhabit temporarily in this life.
There's the human level version of us, the us that we recognize right now in these physical bodies, having been through the life experiences that we've had, but there is the spirit aspect of us.
It's the part of us that is infinite, eternal, limitless, and never dies because energy can never be created or destroyed.
And we forget this aspect of us because we get so mired in the human experience and the human condition.
And if somebody says, well, what's the purpose of life? I really think the purpose of life is to integrate these two aspects of us into one experience.
It's not about transcending the human experience because if it was, then you wouldn't be here in this body, right? And a lot of people, I think, think about spirituality and awakening like that, like transcending the human experience to live in pure spiritual experience.
And I personally believe that we are here because we are meant to touch our transcendent spiritual natures and bring it back down spiritually.
It's the integration of the two selves, the human self and the spiritual self integrated at the heart, which is why the heart is a portal.
But in this journey of bridging and connecting your human self and your spiritual self, I think the foundation is understanding how to look at yourself with a higher level of awareness.
And most of us identify with and orient our awareness so deeply with the human self.
A lot of people talk about spiritual awakening in terms like being asleep and now you're awake.
But I also just wanted to add more to it because I feel like awakening really is about learning to see the truth of reality.
see that through a different level of awareness from a different level of consciousness, and then understand how you fit into this entire ecosystem of reality that exists.
So when somebody says something like someone is asleep, I think what that means is people are going through life with one level of awareness, one level of perspective, and they don't know that they can look at life through a different level of awareness.
So if you only understand your reality to be you in this three-dimensional meat suit and that is it, then that is one level of awareness.
But I believe we are more than just these meat suits that we inhabit temporarily in this life.
There's the human level version of us, the us that we recognize right now in these physical bodies, having been through the life experiences that we've had, but there is the spirit aspect of us.
It's the part of us that is infinite, eternal, limitless, and never dies because energy can never be created or destroyed.
And we forget this aspect of us because we get so mired in the human experience and the human condition.
And if somebody says, well, what's the purpose of life? I really think the purpose of life is to integrate these two aspects of us into one experience.
It's not about transcending the human experience because if it was, then you wouldn't be here in this body, right? And a lot of people, I think, think about spirituality and awakening like that, like transcending the human experience to live in pure spiritual experience.
And I personally believe that we are here because we are meant to touch our transcendent spiritual natures and bring it back down spiritually.
It's the integration of the two selves, the human self and the spiritual self integrated at the heart, which is why the heart is a portal.
But in this journey of bridging and connecting your human self and your spiritual self, I think the foundation is understanding how to look at yourself with a higher level of awareness.
And most of us identify with and orient our awareness so deeply with the human self.
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