The Way of the Mystic: Climbing the Ladder of Consciousness

Here are several ways to know if you might be a mystic

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Let’s begin by knowing that no mystic will ever tell you, “I am a mystic.”

There’s no badge for awakening, no title, no certification. Mystics rarely identify themselves as such. Instead, the realization sneaks up on you one day, uninvited and disorienting.

You look at the world around you and ask, “Am I the one who’s crazy, or is everyone else?”

It’s not a comfortable question but a gateway to a higher understanding of what’s real and what’s not. Once you step through, you begin to see that life, messy as it is, is perfect.

You stop resisting it. You learn to love all that is — every mistake, every joy, every jagged edge of existence. You trust that you are here as a student in the school of life, where every moment is a lesson.

And here’s the twist: you stop trying to awaken others. Why?

You see that most people are asleep, walking zombies living in a matrix of programming and conditioning of which they are unaware. You realize that forcing them to wake up is cruel, like ripping someone from a dream they’re not ready to leave.