The Author's Corner: Awake

In all ways we look at our lives, we only see it when we are awake. Is this a dream or is it real? Are we alive or dead? There is no real way to know the answer to these questions because we may think we are awake, and you are reading this. How do we know that we are not in the dream realm?

These last couple questions I think that most people do not think about because it is a deep subject. When most of the time we think that this is real life, however we never know. The reason comes from the fact that we believe we would know. As there is no way to know the answer to the main question, ‘Are we alive?’

Some say that this is life and yet there are those who have had near death experiences that say we are awake in this life. There is that word again, awake. What does it truly mean? I have had my own near-death experience, and I do not know if I was just close to death or dreaming it.

I know that last thought has made me question if I am dead, yet I am unsure. When we are faced with the choice like I was back in 2005, it is our soul that continues on the path as the physical body dies. Thus, the question to answer is, ‘Are we alive or is this the afterlife?’

Within time we will know the answer to these questions, yet it does not make it any easier to answer them. Look around your world that you have made for yourself. Your place and the people in your life and your job. Is it all real? Think about it. We all view the world as we see through our own eyes.

To be awake, it comes down to you living your life as the fact that you are alive. I do not think we are meant to know if we are alive, dead, sleeping or awake. It is all perception that we have left at the end of the day when we lay down in our bed.

Understanding this simple fact is what it comes down to. If you are reading this for the first time or maybe it is the second time, remember that it is up to you what the answer to these questions are.

Are you awake?

Stay safe.