Awakened

How humanity allowed its heart to fall asleep — and how it can awaken from it.

Chapters

Chapter 1 – The Great Sleep.
Chapter 2 – My Life in the Dream.
Chapter 3 – Three Deaths of the Ego: loss, release, new freedom.
Chapter 4 – The Awakening Moment: entering the Mind of Christ, I Am.
Chapter 5 – A New Life: creating Nordic Wild West, gratitude.
Chapter 6 – Life in Oneness: forgiveness, non-judgment, love instead of fear.
Chapter 7 – You Can Awaken Too: invitation, a simple signpost of love.
Awaken with I Am. The world is waiting for the truth that you are.

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Chapter 1 – The Great Sleep

We were born free, but from the very first moments of life, stories began to be told to us. Stories about who we are, what we should do, what is “normal,” and what we should fear. As children, we learned languages that divide instead of connect—words full of “I” and “mine,” of borders and labels. We were told we belong to a certain country, that it is “ours,” and that there are others who might be enemies. We were made to believe that the religion we were born into is true, and all others are wrong. That we must be obedient, hardworking, and only then will we “deserve” a better life.
It all seemed normal. School taught us competition, grades, and comparisons. Instead of spontaneous play and creative joy—there were lessons, tests, and pressure to be better than others. The media fed us images of fear—who is dangerous, who is bad, who we should fear. We believed life was a constant struggle to survive, to chase, to achieve, to protect.
That’s how we fell asleep. We fell asleep in a world where happiness depends on what you have, not who you are. In a world where instead of listening to your heart, you listen to the system’s voice: “work harder, buy more, compare yourself, prove yourself.” We fell so deeply asleep that many of us didn’t notice we lost something precious in the race—ourselves.
This is the Great Sleep.

Chapter 2 – My Life in the Dream

When I look back, I see that for years I lived inside a story written by someone else. From a young age, I was taught that I had to try hard, be polite, get good grades, and earn love and safety. I was taught to be afraid—of failure, poverty, loneliness, and death. I believed the world was a place where you must fight, not a place where you can simply be yourself.
I was like an actor in a play whose script I didn’t even understand. I stepped into the roles expected of me: worker, partner, parent, someone “respectable.” On the outside, it looked fine, but inside there was emptiness. I tried to fill it with what the world told me to: money, work, things, relationships—but it was like pouring water into a vessel full of holes.
There were moments that hurt so much, they started to wake me up—the breakdown of my family, losing connection with those I loved most, losing money and a sense of stability. At the time, it felt like the end. But today, I know they were doors. Doors to something greater, to a real life I had never known before.

Chapter 3 – Three Deaths of the Ego

Sometimes life leads us to places where the old path no longer exists. For me, there were three such moments—three deaths of the ego. The first came when what I believed to be certain fell apart in an instant. The second, when I let go of something that seemed too precious to release. The third, when I stopped fighting and allowed the old “I” to die on its own.
It hurt. I lost money, people, and my sense of control. There were moments when I wanted to scream, “Why me?” Yet each of these losses was like a door closing behind me and at the same time opening a new one. Only when what was false died could something new be born.

Chapter 4 – The Moment of Awakening

The true awakening did not come with a great explosion or a miraculous sign. It came in silence, as if someone gently placed a hand on my heart and said, “Enough.” Then I understood that I am not my fear, my losses, or the story the world told.
It was like opening my eyes to a new world that had always been right beside me. The world stopped being an enemy and became a place of learning and meeting. I saw that there are two energies: fear and love. And that I can always choose love. Then I felt that I truly am—not as a role, but as pure life, I Am.

Chapter 5 – New Life

After awakening, the world didn’t change — I changed. Bills, responsibilities, decisions still existed. But I stopped seeing them as burdens and began to see them as part of the journey. Instead of living “for something” in the future, I started living here and now.
I found myself closer to nature, closer to people who live with their hearts, not just their minds. I began to create, not just act. A project emerged from that quiet place inside — Nordic Wild West. A place of meetings, horses, nature, journeys, but above all, a space for the heart. Because new life isn’t about new things — it’s a new quality of being.

Chapter 6 – Living in Unity

The awakening showed me something more — that there is no real “I” and “you.” Deep down, we are one life, one consciousness, merely taking different forms. This changes everything: instead of judging, you begin to see; instead of blaming, you forgive; instead of fearing, you love.
People who seemed like enemies turned out to be teachers. Those who left made space for something new. I understood that even the hardest moments were gifts. Everything, absolutely everything, led me to see who I truly am.

Chapter 7 – You Too Can Awaken

What happened within me is not unique. Anyone can awaken—and many already are. You don’t need miraculous books or great masters. You only need a moment when you say: Enough. I want to see the truth.
When you stop and look within, you’ll see that love has always been there. There is a silence that no one can take away from you. The world may try to drown out that voice, but it cannot destroy it, because that is your true Self.

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