There is an ‘awakening’ process in life in which every thought we’ve ever had and everything we’ve ever done all lead to an incredible, personal transformation. It is an inner change that, on the one hand, we could never have possibly imagined, and yet on the other, always hoped and secretly knew that it would happen. It is as dramatic as moving from darkness to light, from struggling up a hill to flowing down it. The capacity for this change exists in everyone equally; the only difference is when it occurs. The point of life, itself, is to ’awaken’ into this change.

In some profound way we begin to see that everything is O.K.; that we can finally relax; that there is a grand ‘perfection’ in life where before we saw only a series of problems. Again, inexplicably, we surrender to being part of a greater whole. Our being alone in life ends quietly but with finality. Our heart opens.

There is a death of sorts in this, but what dies is suffering itself. Along with this comes the end of self-doubt and worry. These darker aspects are replaced with contentment and passion, along with gratitude and clarity of purpose. We become more alive and more vital. We awaken to love and want most to participate in the awakening of others. And all of this is not something we have to ‘do’ but rather something we live into with joy.

This transformational process rarely occurs all of a sudden or all at once. Often, it is preceded by intense longing and searching while on what seems like an endless journey. We may have a thousand experiences of ‘it’ before we embody ‘it’, meaning where we have, in fact, landed on the other side of struggle and we simply don’t go back. Something old is ended and we are led in the direction of the new.

Nothing is served if we put a ‘spiritual’ or ‘religious’ label on this change. In fact, part of awakening is to let go of any mental concepts we have of what we imagine our awakening to be.

It’s also ineffective to think this change happens only to special, select people rather than to ‘regular’ people like us. Self-omission plucks no one from this transformational pool. We all must overcome the denial of our own worthiness in order to experience our infinite value.

But there is one major difference between past times and present tense. In the past, relatively few individuals reached this awakening point of change. Today, there may well be are millions. In fact, in the next twenty years there may be enough people in the world going through this individual transformative process for us to reach a ‘collective tipping point’: one in which our entire species evolves into a higher functioning, open-hearted state.

Imagine the power of millions of us in these next twenty years coming out of isolation and struggle into connection and cooperation instead. Imagine us finding our own internal peace not because war has ended but because our peace cannot be disturbed by war.

Einstein said that we can’t solve problems at the same level of awareness from which they originated. We must go to a ‘higher state of awareness’. This awakening process is that ‘higher state’. There is a hand and glove relationship between the urgency of the global issues facing us and the millions of us who are approaching and crossing the threshold into an intentional partnership with love.

How do we know that millions of people are ‘awakening’? We don’t know for sure - logic won’t help us here. What will help is that we include ourselves in this personal and collective awakening process by remembering that this is why we are here today: to come alive in tumultuous times; to fully witness and then deliberately and joyfully participate in this transformation of ourselves and our planet both.

We’re being called out of isolation to become part of fully functioning families, businesses and communities. We’re being invited to become tide pools of peace able to serve those caught in tidal waves of change. It’s our time to relax and know absolutely that everything is fine. We are all here now and it is time to gather together in circle and awaken with everyone around us.

The Heart Circle Process was created by Tej Steiner who recognized through his own 30 years of spiritual work and social activism that we need to combine  personal awakening with building social relationships that support awakening. It's this innovative integration that makes the Heart Circles Process unique.

You can learn how to utilize this Heart Circle Process in your daily life by ordering Tej's Heart Circle book through this website or by receiving individualized Heart Circle coaching for you individually or for your circle of friends or organization.  We also offer Heart Circle Trainings that give you the practical experience and techical know-how to form and sustain your own Heart Circle.

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