Spiritual awakening is great. But have you tried awakening from your awakening? Because a lot of us cracked open. Had visions, had the downloads, the oneness, the whole cosmic trip. And then, some of us got stuck there. Floating, chasing peak states, and building a persona around being awake.

But honest growth starts when the high wears off. When you come back to Earth. Integration, grief, land care, social responsibility. Anyone can look enlightened when they're glowing on mushrooms in the forest.

The test is how you show up at the grocery store. Or when your child is screaming. Or when your government is funding a genocide.

Awakening from your awakening means no longer needing to be the spiritual one. Because the point was never to escape this world. The point was to embrace it.

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