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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe concept of ‘asleep’ in the sense of dim awareness<\/em> is confusing to those who are indeed walking around in a trance. It’s a little like dreaming: you don’t always know that you are, though most of the time you do because a different set of logical rules apply to the world; things are not normal, such as all the cars are purple. But imagine if you were asleep and dreaming for years and years; those unusual rules would start to seem normal. The exaggerated or inappropriate sentiments, the unexplainable situations, and most of all, so much missing (such as green cars), would become part of the ‘natural’ landscape of the world.<\/p>\n Then there’s pretending to be asleep. That would be denial. Denial is not so unconscious as most people imagine; it’s hard work. One must actively strive to shut out information, close off options, veer away from experiences that would teach them something or stay in situations they know to be numbing or harmful.<\/p>\n We’re now in a moment of awakening. That basically means affirmation and awareness. Often awakening is actually a lot more than that — for some it will feel like shedding a skin, entering maturity, telling the truth about who you are for the first time, breaking free of a relationship or telling your parents to fuck off. For some, awakening feels like the outright revolt of divorce, or realizing you’re not cut out (or don’t want) to be a parent. You might figure out that the religion that you’ve been handing your judgment over to all these years is just simply full of it.<\/p>\n Awakening is different for everyone, as is what we awaken to. But if you’re pretending to be asleep, that is, if denial is your way of life, then no amount of stimulation or information or necessity or desire is going to make that change; only you can.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We all have different styles of waking up. Some people play snooze tag and contemplate getting out of bed for an hour. Others burst to life like a flower and face the day cheerfully, then go out birding and bake muffins before settling into a productive day of gardening and real estate transactions. Some wake up feeling like they’re under siege, traumatized and scared. I usually wake up without an alarm clock and my mind is focused on my work within 10 minutes.<\/p>\n If we follow astrology as a guide, we can get some clues about our particular moment of awakening. One description comes in the many outer planets that are changing signs more or less simultaneously — Uranus, Chiron, Neptune and Pluto.<\/p>\n A planet moving through a sign tells a story; I don’t know how it works, but that gradual trek across the 30 degree division is a distinct process. And we happen to be in a moment when there are two very close to the beginning (Uranus and Chiron), one pretty close (Pluto) and a fourth about to begin (Neptune).<\/p>\n At the moment — and I mean at this very moment — we’re on the cusp of Uranus moving from Pisces to Aries. This is one of the most high-energy planets starting over the cycle of the zodiac; the cycle of one of its 84-year seasons. In a sense we begin a new century with this event. Uranus is about to walk over the Aries Point, which ignites both world events and our desire to participate in them. Part of your awakening experience may simply be your desire to get involved — though that may not fit your idea of who you are. So in a practical sense part of waking up is about making an adjustment to that idea of who you are.<\/p>\n You know what I mean? You’ve gone through life for a long time thinking, “I’m this kind of person,” or, “I’m not that kind of person.” Then some practical thing gets your attention: a desire, a necessity, something you want to accomplish or feel that if you don’t your soul is not complete.<\/p>\n This is our moment.<\/p>\n Just remember, it’s not merely about not being something or someone. True, you might need to shed a psychic skin. Then it’s what emerges that matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s an expression purported to be Navajo which goes: you cannot wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep. I keep thinking, well that’s clever, and it’s apparently pretty old. If it’s old, humans have been dealing with this issue of being asleep, and pretending to be asleep, for a long time. 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