Welcome,
The world today is facing a profound crisis – not just of politics, environment, or economics, but of perception. We live under the illusion of separation: separation from one another, from nature, and even from our own inner truth. This illusion drives competition, greed, conflict, and destruction. We see the planet burning, species vanishing, mental health declining, and divisions growing. Despite global connectivity, loneliness and alienation are increasing.
The root cause is not just external systems, but internal disconnection. Humanity has forgotten its unity, its interdependence. We’ve been taught to believe we are isolated individuals, yet we are cells in one living body – the Earth. When we exploit others or nature, we harm ourselves.
To survive, and more importantly, to thrive, we must awaken to our true nature: connected, compassionate, conscious. This awakening is not just spiritual – it is practical and urgent. It means seeing through the lies of separation, healing our relationships, living in harmony with the Earth, and co-creating a world that honors life in all forms.
The time is now – not just to react to crisis, but to rise in consciousness. A world that awakens will not just be more sustainable – it will be more loving, just, and alive.
This website will keep you up to date with links, books, movies, videos and information on what others are doing to help awaken the planet and how you can get involved.
Please also visit our YouTube Channel, World Awakens.
How to Stay Mindful and Take A Stance in the Current Global Situation | Eckhart Tolle
How does one stay on a path of awakening and have a peaceful, meaningful, light existence amongst all the sadness, war, and suffering? Eckhart shares how a human’s conscious state can create suffering, and how to “take a stance” without engaging in becoming identified with that political stance.
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Pilots stop flying due to a growing sense of guilt
Some commercial airline pilots, once dedicated to their careers in aviation, made the difficult decision to stop flying due to a growing sense of guilt over their contribution to climate change. Despite their love for flying, they became increasingly aware of the environmental impact of aviation, especially its carbon emissions. This inner conflict deepened as they learned more about the climate crisis, leading some to experience moral distress. Eventually, a few chose to walk away from their profession altogether, redirecting their lives toward advocacy, sustainability, and efforts to reduce humanity’s ecological footprint.
Going Vegan: Can switching to a plant-based diet really save the planet?
The UK business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, is considering a “full vegan diet” to help tackle climate change, saying people will need to make lifestyle changes if the government is to meet its new emissions target of a 78% reduction on 1990 levels by 2035.
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Change doesn’t begin somewhere out there – it starts within each of us. Every time we point fingers, we give away our power, forgetting that the world reflects our collective choices, our silence, and our daily actions.
Leaders and systems are born from the culture we shape. If we want a better future, we must stop waiting for rescue and instead take responsibility.
It’s time to look inward, act with integrity, and remember: real change begins with us.
Mind like a pet squirel
David Nichtern describes the myriad thoughts at play in our mind – and how we sometimes act like a squirrel saving nuts. Excerpt taken from a 2025 Dharma Moon Retreat.
Equanimity And Peace · Ram Dass · John Pattern
A beautiful song with deep lyrics from Ram Dass and John Pattern. Listen to the lyrics, be inspired.
Man dies, discovers ultimate truth
Andy Petro drowned in a lake for 15 minutes two days before his high school graduation in 1955. As he jumped in the lake that day the water was freezing cold, he struggled to swim out to his friends who were on a floating platform waving at him. After a few minutes he started feeling cramps in his lower abdomen and drowned.
While he was at the bottom of the lake he heard a voice telling him to just let go. When he listened, suddenly he was no longer cold or in pain. He looked back and saw his body — entangled in the weeds at the bottom of the lake.
Then he felt himself rushing toward a light.
The Light said, “Andy, don’t be afraid, we love you.
Spiritual Practices For Times Of Crisis
By Joanna Macy: At this turning in humanity’s journey, science and spirituality converge, and we can glimpse new possibilities for a life-sustaining civilization.
What we would happen if we could turn off the machine?
Jeff Lieberman, an MIT-trained artist, scientist and engineer, makes a scientific argument for mystical experience.
He asks us to challenge our perception of what we are, our relationship to the universe, and our relationship to one another.
Our minds are “thought-generating machines.” What we would happen if we could turn off the machine?
If we could transcend our individual experience of the world?
