The Slightest Push

An awakening can be likened to a cart at the top of a hill, nothing else is needed than the slightest push to get it rolling, and it will just keep on building momentum until something stops it…

Once a cart is placed at the top of a hill and it’s pushed ever so slightly, it naturally begins rolling in the only direction it can go and its momentum builds without one ounce of exertion. It does take some effort in the beginning to get it going, but not much more than the slightest push; this is what happens when one wakes up from the sleep of unconsciousness. There’s not much that needs to be done for one’s awakening to expand, as a matter of fact most people don’t wake up fully because of trying to hard. If you are awake the push has already occurred so all effort is futile. Books, programs, videos, and whatnot make you knowledgeable, but none of it makes you anymore awake than the initial push.

This is one of the reasons I emphasis using the body as an anchor in the awakening process because it doesn’t take effort, it only takes being with what is actually here which is the present moment. All kinds of stories can be made up about what needs to be done, but it doesn’t expand the awakening one bit. Either you’re awake in the quietness of the present moment or you’re asleep in the noise of somewhere else. The slightest push reveals this truth and as with the cart nothing else is needed than the slightest push to get it rolling, and it will just keep on building momentum until something stops it…