We are a combination of two natures — we have two types of consciousness within us. One is awake and the other is not. So yes, part of our innate consciousness is already awake. That’s the consciousness of possibility and potential, of abundance, wellness, solutions, pure service, unconditional Love, and Truth. This part of us has been called many things over the millennia: our Higher Self, our divine nature, our soul, etc. But it’s difficult to fully access this part of our consciousness. We can reach parts of it through regular meditation or transcendant experiences, for instance, but folks who can do this well and easily are extremely rare. (They are often called gurus, avatars, or spiritual teachers.)

As we all know, it’s much easier to access our daily, logical, small-minded consciousness of fear and doubt. This part of us is very attached to our limited physical world. It thinks what you see is what you get. This is the consciousness that gets us through our day and gets those bills paid, however, so it’s important. It’s who we are as humans to have this type of consciousness.

Our spiritual job here on earth is to align our everyday life and mind with our higher, already-awake consciousness. This is what allows us to be as awake as possible in our daily lives. It allows us to create wealth, healing, and wisdom for ourselves and for others.

The process of learning how to align your daily mindset, buying habits, career, family-raising, and expressing yourself and your natural gifts WITH that awake part of you is called Awakening. In a sense, this task is never done, so that’s the part of the answer that says, no, we are never fully awakened. As most self-improvement or personal growth junkies know, there is always room for improvement!

But what I’ve learned is that you can create a TON of healing and problemsolving and relief of suffering by moving along your path of awakening even just a little bit! That motivates me a lot to do what I do.

So yes, part of us is already Awake, but our task of bringing our daily lives and mindset up to speed with that part of us is an ongoing, neverending process. Make sense?