You Were Awoken for a Reason

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The Trance of Sleep

Before you have that moment in your journey of transformation of unsettling reckoning where you feel like you are suddenly opening your eyes for the first time with staggering, unrelenting clarity, you realize that you were always asleep. 

And when you’re asleep, you don’t know you’re asleep. You wake, you scroll, you work, you eat, you numb. Every moment of the day is filled with distraction, with noise.

It feels like life—but it isn’t.

It’s a fabricated version of life. As Napoleon Hill described it, a hypnotic trance where you drift, unaware you’re even drifting.

And then, seemingly all at once, it happens. Something cracks the illusion.

The Shock of Waking

The reckoning is never gentle. It feels like being violently ripped out of the matrix.

One moment you’re comfortable in the story, the next you’re standing in shock and awe, surveying everything you once called real.

But it doesn’t look real anymore. Not in the way you thought. Nothing feels the same.

The veil lifts. And you see the world as it is—distorted, hollow, infected with corruption.

You see people around you like walking shadows; resentful, spiteful, spewing poison into the air with every step. Zombies.

And you wonder how you never saw it before.

The Terror of Clarity

This is the terror of clarity. To wake up is to realize the battle is far bigger than you ever imagined.

You thought it was just you against your habits, your doubts, your little fears. But it's far bigger than that. Far bigger than you ever imagined it possibly could be. And far more terrifying.

What you’ve stepped into is an ancient war. A battle of voices. A struggle for alignment, for truth, for the very essence of who you are becoming.

It’s staggering. It’s terrifying. And yet—it’s real. It’s more real than the life you were living before you were violently shaken awake.

Why You Can’t Go Back

Once you’ve seen it, you cannot unsee it. The trance is broken. The veil is gone.

And though part of you longs to retreat into ignorance, there’s no going back. Because even if you tried, the Compass inside you would never let you rest.

To wake up is to be drafted into the fight. And whether you feel ready or not, you’re already in it.

Choosing to Stay Awake

If you’ve woken up your work now is simple, but not easy.

Stay awake. Don’t retreat into the trance. Don’t numb yourself back into sleep. And look for others to pull out of the trance.

Each day, make one aligned choice. Each day, listen for the Compass. Each day, remember that light does not apologize for its brightness, even when surrounded by shadow.

You were awoken for a reason. Stay awake.

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