Every day is an unfolding into who you really are. Watch as you consciously and slowly respond to this lost world. Oh, it has its beauty, but right now evil is gaining the upper hand.

We are told not to be reactive, but this is oh, so hard to do when criminals go unpunished and the wealthy grow richer by the day.

The world, our beautiful home, is being trashed on many different levels at once.

First off, we have a hand in the trashing, whether we know it or not. We are polluting our drinking water and being indifferent to evil because we fear it.

Great masters advise us to keep watch over our emotions, deeds and thoughts. But that is not enough. We must also keep watch over our hearts, for that is where the battle begins.

Gurdjieff showed his students how they walked through the world mechanically, reacting and blaming everyone but themselves.

Jesus did the same, as did the Buddha and other enlightened masters.

Although I have been studying for a very long time, I, too, sleep on.

There are times throughout the day when I murmur in my sleep but that is not enough. I must shake myself awake.

Once awake, I remember my true Self.

I glory in this brief remembrance before I fall asleep again.

Never say you are “woke.” Even the disciples could not stay awake.

Your part in this worldly mirage is to keep shaking yourself.

Everything else will fall into place.

What a miracle true teachings are.

They lead us back to our true home within.

Vicki Woodyard