Awakening to the Light: Why We Do the Inner Work
It’s not that the Light left us.
It’s that we forgot to plug in!
You know those moments that stop you in your tracks?
Last night was one of those for me.
A good friend told me her aunt was back in the hospital.
Cancer… the same kind her sister passed from years ago.
She sent me a photo of her lying on the hospital bed, eyes closed, face soft, almost childlike and my heart just… ached.
I could feel it.
The loneliness. The exhaustion. The quiet surrender of someone who’s carried too much for too long.
And it stirred something in me. There was this deep, honest question that’s been sitting in my heart for a long time:
Why do we do the work?
Why do we spend hours meditating, reflecting, praying, reading, healing?
Why not just live on autopilot like so many do; get up, go to work, come home, pay the bills, two week vacation a year then repeat?
Because at some point, you realize there’s more.
You start to sense it that quiet whisper in your soul that says, “You didn’t come here just to survive.”
I remember when I first started hearing that whisper.
On the outside, everything looked fine! I was doing all the “right” things: raising my kids, keeping the house together, checking every box I thought made me a good person.
But inside, I was exhausted.
There was this emptiness I couldn’t shake, like I was living someone else’s life.
And then one day, I caught myself asking out loud, “What if there’s more?”
That simple question cracked something open in me. It was the moment my awakening began!
We came here to wake up.
To remember.
To reconnect with the Source of who we are- the Light that’s been with us since the very beginning.
The Lamp That Forgot to Plug In
Michael Berg once gave an analogy I’ll never forget.
He said the Light: the Creator, God, the Divine, whatever word feels right- is like electricity.
It’s everywhere. Constant. Infinite.
But your lamp won’t glow unless it’s plugged in.
And that’s us, isn’t it?
We’re these beautiful lamps walking around with all the designer shades and switches; we’ve read the books, we’ve listened to the podcasts- but we wonder why we still feel dim inside?!
It’s not that the Light left us.
It’s that we forgot to plug in!
And I get it.
Life is noisy. There are bills, kids, deadlines, heartbreaks, grief.
It’s easy to forget that we even have a plug.
But that’s exactly what the work is- remembering that we can always reconnect!
Because the moment we do, everything starts to change!
Not necessarily on the outside at first, but inside- the peace, the warmth, the calm that says, “You’re not alone anymore.”
The Real Work
People think spiritual work is about being perfect meditating on mountaintops and never losing your cool.
But that’s not it.
The real work happens in the middle of your messy, beautiful, everyday life.
It’s in the moment you want to scream but choose to breathe.
It’s in the argument that becomes a mirror for what’s unhealed in you.
It’s in the heartbreak that cracks you open just wide enough for the Light to get in.
The Zohar calls this transforming darkness into Light.
I call it being human with awareness!
Sometimes it looks like crying on the kitchen floor and whispering,
“Creator, I can’t carry this alone. Please show me another way.”
And that tiny surrender… that’s where the magic begins my friends!
When the Soul and Body Stop Talking
Our souls and bodies were designed to work together a divine duet of sorts.
But when we disconnect from the Light, the harmony goes off-key.
The body starts whispering first, maybe you’re tired, maybe your chest feels tight.
If you keep ignoring it, the whispers get louder: anxiety, illness, exhaustion.
It’s not punishment. It’s communication/feedback!
It’s your body saying, “Hey, remember me? We’re supposed to be doing this together.”
And healing- real healing, begins the moment we start listening again!
Because the soul doesn’t want perfection.
It wants partnership.
It wants to move through you, through your laughter, your tears, your courage, your softness!
You Don’t Need a Temple to Plug In
Here’s what I love most about all of this:
You don’t need a mountaintop, or a temple, or perfect posture to plug in.
You can do it washing dishes.
Walking your dog.
Driving home from work/school carpool.
Lying awake at 2 a.m. wondering how you got here.
The Light is right there.
All it takes is a breath. A pause. A whisper of remembrance:
“Creator, I know You’re here. Help me feel connected.”
The Light doesn’t care how long it’s been.
It doesn’t play favorites.
The instant you reach for it — it reaches back.
So maybe that’s the why.
Because this life was never meant to be lived on low battery.
Because our souls came here to awaken, to glow, to bring the Light into places that forgot it existed!
That’s the work.
Not to escape the world, but to illuminate it!
Thank you for being here for doing the brave, tender, sometimes messy work of remembering who you are.
Keep choosing connection over control.
Keep choosing Light.
Stay Lot from Within! the world needs your glow.
